Food Processing Workers, All Other
SOC 51-3099 · 2024-2034
All food processing workers not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $39,102per year
- Projected openings
- 8,260
- Projected change
- +8.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $53,258 | 380 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $42,654 | 810 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $42,505 | 150 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $42,486 | 240 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $42,342 | 210 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $42,270 | 30 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $41,860 | 210 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $40,198 | 160 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $40,044 | 270 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $39,264 | 200 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $39,264 | 670 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $38,905 | 50 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $38,351 | 520 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $38,181 | 420 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $38,181 | 1,930 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $36,402 | 330 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $36,227 | 510 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $35,232 | 150 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $34,360 | 180 |
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators | $48,809 | 107,200 | +1.4% |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | $55,539 | 72,700 | 0% |
| Bakers | $44,104 | 52,930 | +8.8% |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | $45,024 | 51,810 | +4.1% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | $78,593 | 48,550 | +1.6% |
| Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers | $49,177 | 38,320 | -3.7% |