Highest-paying Cities for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying 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 and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $76,940, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida is the highest paying city for food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders. It is followed by Lancaster, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $64,600). 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 and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$76,940	$30,670	140
2	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$64,600	$23,340	100
3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$60,080	$47,390	70
4	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$58,520	$31,730	50
5	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$57,520	$41,810	400
6	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,110	$44,540	270
7	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$51,860	$36,680	50
8	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$50,970	$38,890	80
9	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$50,840	$39,440	340
10	Owensboro, Kentucky	$50,590	$40,360	110
11	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$50,220	$30,150	70
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,650	$36,910	100
13	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,450	$33,170	60
14	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,450	$35,670	40
15	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,410	$39,560	70
16	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$49,010	$32,030	490
17	Columbia, South Carolina	$48,870	$28,720	190
18	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$48,050	$20,280	60
19	Logan, Utah	$47,500	$28,090	60
20	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$46,650	$22,840	50
21	Sioux City, South Dakota	$46,620	$31,880	80
22	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,000	$37,760	100
23	Yakima, Washington	$45,850	$35,090	40
24	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$45,480	$22,450	30
25	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$45,030	$38,370	210
26	Jacksonville, Florida	$44,680	$33,690	80
27	Rochester, Minnesota	$44,430	$27,680	40
28	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$44,180	$24,730	70
29	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$44,160	$33,240	30
30	Memphis, Tennessee	$44,080	$35,340	160
31	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$44,040	$29,570	50
32	Lynchburg, Virginia	$44,010	$33,290	n/a
33	Visalia-Porterville, California	$43,540	$23,790	40
34	St Joseph, Missouri	$42,620	$37,330	30
35	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$42,600	$30,060	70
36	St Cloud, Minnesota	$42,340	$35,080	40
37	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,180	$33,770	30
38	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,160	$36,630	50
39	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$42,040	$29,510	60
40	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$41,840	$35,040	40
41	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$41,600	$36,190	400
42	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$41,540	$20,160	50
43	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$40,920	$29,330	100
44	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$40,490	$36,650	320
45	Modesto, California	$40,240	$32,220	100
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,890	$31,410	120
47	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,860	$27,080	80
48	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$39,760	$31,140	160
49	Salem, Oregon	$39,660	$30,630	30
50	Merced, California	$39,630	$27,070	50
51	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$39,520	$34,370	70
52	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$39,440	$31,680	30
53	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$39,280	$28,360	100
54	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,280	$28,700	40
55	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$39,210	$30,170	50
56	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$38,760	$33,330	50
57	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$38,700	$32,670	n/a
58	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$38,520	$33,940	50
59	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,370	$22,440	50
60	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,370	$30,720	620
61	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$38,300	$34,980	60
62	Tacoma, Washington	$38,220	$25,200	50
63	Reading, Pennsylvania	$38,090	$38,080	n/a
64	Spokane, Washington	$38,060	$34,750	30
65	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$38,030	$31,110	140
66	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,000	$36,350	380
67	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$37,820	$37,580	60
68	Chico, California	$37,570	$28,640	50
69	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$37,540	$28,270	180
70	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$37,530	$29,630	120
71	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$37,510	$32,730	60
72	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$37,370	$29,600	30
73	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,330	$30,740	300
74	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$37,320	$28,630	120
75	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,290	$18,480	30
76	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$37,270	$37,030	50
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,170	$33,070	200
78	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$37,100	$29,350	40
79	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$37,080	$31,550	80
80	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,070	$28,390	110
81	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,050	$34,560	40
82	Knoxville, Tennessee	$37,040	$30,590	150
83	Provo-Orem, Utah	$37,030	$27,390	120
84	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$36,830	$22,460	n/a
85	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$36,780	$27,510	70
86	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$36,770	$34,190	160
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$36,700	$23,940	30
88	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$36,630	$30,930	40
89	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$36,630	$29,240	140
90	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,620	$28,850	160
91	Springfield, Massachusetts	$36,540	$26,540	90
92	Salinas, California	$36,360	$29,750	40
93	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$36,360	$29,860	50
94	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$36,230	$31,730	50
95	Olympia, Washington	$36,140	$31,120	n/a
96	North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$35,910	$25,340	n/a
97	Stockton, California	$35,890	$28,770	n/a
98	Appleton, Wisconsin	$35,840	$18,290	170
99	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$35,820	$29,490	40
100	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$35,730	$29,920	30

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