Highest-paying Cities for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for food cooking machine operators and tenders (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of food cooking machine operators and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,790, Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho is the highest paying city for food cooking machine operators and tenders. It is followed by Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan (average annual salary $53,120). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of food cooking machine operators and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$60,790	$37,160	30
2	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$53,120	$37,570	90
3	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$50,580	$37,190	80
4	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$50,240	$29,920	30
5	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$47,790	$33,730	70
6	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$47,550	$31,050	50
7	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,510	$42,330	470
8	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$47,450	$37,420	110
9	Wausau, Wisconsin	$47,410	$44,420	40
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,870	$36,050	400
11	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$46,690	$28,820	80
12	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,440	$34,000	70
13	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,270	$40,070	700
14	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$45,480	$28,540	50
15	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$45,380	$34,060	80
16	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$45,310	$35,540	70
17	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$45,130	$37,110	60
18	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$45,030	$34,380	170
19	Madison, Wisconsin	$44,930	$26,490	110
20	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$44,800	$32,880	70
21	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$43,830	$29,260	110
22	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$43,650	$35,460	90
23	Appleton, Wisconsin	$43,640	$29,260	200
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$42,750	$34,520	60
25	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,730	$26,660	190
26	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,710	$35,210	40
27	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$42,610	$18,090	60
28	Sioux City, South Dakota	$42,460	$32,550	140
29	Jackson, Tennessee	$42,230	$38,240	580
30	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$42,150	$28,920	180
31	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$41,980	$28,170	160
32	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$41,970	$29,280	90
33	Cleveland, Tennessee	$41,090	$34,410	100
34	Dubuque, Iowa	$41,080	$29,990	90
35	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$40,660	$28,130	80
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,580	$29,850	710
37	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$40,480	$21,150	90
38	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,390	$31,290	70
39	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,280	$28,920	70
40	Logan, Utah	$40,230	$24,410	40
41	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$40,180	$20,220	160
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$40,050	$26,810	230
43	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$39,880	$27,720	40
44	St Louis, Missouri	$39,790	$33,850	80
45	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$39,580	$27,080	280
46	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$39,350	$26,770	90
47	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$39,200	$29,620	1,340
48	Battle Creek, Michigan	$39,200	$26,720	n/a
49	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,150	$22,880	50
50	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,970	$30,080	100
51	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,950	$32,180	360
52	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$38,930	$36,630	50
53	Memphis, Tennessee	$38,700	$29,120	270
54	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$38,520	$24,500	80
55	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$38,370	$28,980	n/a
56	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$38,160	$29,660	270
57	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$38,140	$31,130	140
58	Rockford, Illinois	$38,060	$33,080	40
59	Knoxville, Tennessee	$37,990	$24,800	290
60	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$37,940	$32,040	30
61	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$37,710	$22,260	100
62	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$37,710	$37,710	30
63	New Haven, Connecticut	$37,660	$28,500	40
64	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$37,630	$30,620	150
65	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,570	$34,040	130
66	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,500	$27,610	80
67	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$37,480	$25,600	50
68	Syracuse, New York	$37,480	$29,860	70
69	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,430	$31,040	70
70	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$37,330	$32,210	80
71	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,290	$29,050	110
72	Grand Island, Nebraska	$37,270	$29,690	40
73	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$37,260	$26,240	50
74	Janesville, Wisconsin	$37,120	$37,120	90
75	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$37,120	$27,770	100
76	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$37,120	$30,590	270
77	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,010	$29,300	290
78	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$36,990	$29,000	70
79	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$36,990	$29,690	70
80	Gainesville, Georgia	$36,990	$25,110	60
81	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$36,950	$21,810	30
82	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,850	$29,630	40
83	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$36,810	$30,320	80
84	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$36,700	$31,840	280
85	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$36,670	$36,650	320
86	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$36,600	$29,000	40
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$36,490	$28,480	60
88	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$36,450	$29,300	600
89	Tacoma, Washington	$36,130	$24,130	30
90	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$36,040	$32,800	200
91	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$36,030	$27,390	50
92	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$36,010	$26,610	80
93	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,960	$29,620	570
94	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$35,850	$28,790	110
95	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$35,710	$26,440	130
96	Salem, Oregon	$35,680	$35,630	60
97	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$35,600	$27,910	n/a
98	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$35,460	$26,560	30
99	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$35,370	$18,720	220
100	Modesto, California	$35,240	$30,990	70

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