Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender Salary in El Centro, California

The annual salary statistics of food cooking machine operators and tenders in El Centro, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food cooking machine operators and tenders in El Centro is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders in El Centro, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,120
25th Percentile Wage
$29,120
50th Percentile Wage
$32,180
75th Percentile Wage
$50,690
90th Percentile Wage
$57,370

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food cooking machine operators and tenders in El Centro, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $57,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,120.

Table 2. Compare Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender Salary in El Centro with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,180 in El Centro is in the middle of salary range for food cooking machine operators and tenders in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food cooking machine operators and tenders in El Centro is 31.3 percent (31.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 25.5 percent (25.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Salinas.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$46,870
Hanford-Corcoran
$39,880
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$38,520
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$37,330
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$35,960
Modesto
$35,240
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$34,820
Merced
$34,180
Fresno
$33,600
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$33,530
Vallejo-Fairfield
$32,270
El Centro
$32,180
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$31,730
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$31,320
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$31,060
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$30,870
Stockton
$29,750
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$29,420
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$28,450
Bakersfield-Delano
$28,330
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$27,110
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$24,540
Salinas
$23,970

See also: Top paying jobs in El Centro, California.