Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders Salary in the US
A food cooking machine operators and tenders earns a national median of $41,590 a year (mean $42,570) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #712 of 825.
How much does a food cooking machine operators and tenders earn in the US?
A food cooking machine operators and tenders in the United States earns a median of $41,590 a year (mean $42,570), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 31,250 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-3093), ranked #712 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$41,590
per year
Mean
$42,570
per year
Employment
31,250
US workers
National rank
#712
of 825 by median
What a food cooking machine operators and tenders earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a food cooking machine operators and tenders (SOC 51-3093) earns a median annual wage of $41,590 and a mean (average) of $42,570. The median is the midpoint — half of food cooking machine operators and tenders earn more and half earn less — and is 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a food cooking machine operators and tenders in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for food cooking machine operators and tenders is $41,590, and the mean (average) is $42,570. The median is the midpoint — half of food cooking machine operators and tenders earn more and half earn less.
- How does food cooking machine operators and tenders pay compare to the US average?
- At $41,590, a food cooking machine operators and tenders earns 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many food cooking machine operators and tenders are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 31,250 food cooking machine operators and tenders employed nationally (SOC 51-3093), across all industries.
- Where does this food cooking machine operators and tenders salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-3093. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-3093 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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