Highest-paying Cities for Food Batchmakers

The top 100 highest paying cities for food batchmakers (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 batchmakers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $66,890, Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania is the highest paying city for food batchmakers. It is followed by Battle Creek, Michigan (average annual salary $66,270). 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 batchmakers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Batchmakers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$66,890	$35,040	100
2	Battle Creek, Michigan	$66,270	$49,280	320
3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$62,070	$31,690	760
4	Winchester, West Virginia	$59,390	$33,120	110
5	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$56,630	$32,270	190
6	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$53,200	$30,660	180
7	Lynchburg, Virginia	$50,940	$30,860	170
8	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$50,820	$32,760	1,040
9	Olympia, Washington	$50,230	$31,790	110
10	Logan, Utah	$48,970	$34,750	370
11	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$48,930	$32,850	380
12	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$48,910	$34,570	310
13	Rochester, Minnesota	$48,770	$34,760	210
14	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$48,730	$30,680	330
15	Columbia, Missouri	$48,510	$36,970	140
16	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$48,420	$24,040	2,010
17	Dover, Delaware	$47,640	$26,920	170
18	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$47,380	$36,580	1,210
19	Binghamton, New York	$47,300	$27,460	120
20	Memphis, Tennessee	$47,190	$28,490	620
21	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$47,180	$30,890	290
22	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$46,950	$29,750	70
23	Wausau, Wisconsin	$46,810	$36,210	1,040
24	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$46,510	$29,270	950
25	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,420	$30,940	1,320
26	Evansville, Kentucky	$46,200	$32,200	520
27	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,030	$30,770	2,160
28	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$46,000	$35,140	190
29	Gainesville, Georgia	$45,900	$29,170	660
30	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$45,800	$27,150	150
31	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$45,740	$24,330	100
32	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$45,640	$32,020	80
33	St Joseph, Missouri	$45,630	$36,050	180
34	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$45,430	$30,230	360
35	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,340	$36,440	1,570
36	Joplin, Missouri	$45,130	$33,710	440
37	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$44,940	$29,620	80
38	St George, Utah	$44,870	$28,930	80
39	Gary, Indiana	$44,680	$21,340	250
40	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$44,600	$32,550	370
41	Greeley, Colorado	$44,580	$30,990	610
42	Enid, Oklahoma	$43,760	$32,500	60
43	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$43,600	$33,800	970
44	Ocean City, New Jersey	$43,520	$28,640	40
45	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$43,510	$27,540	690
46	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$43,500	$34,830	50
47	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$43,430	$25,860	590
48	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$43,430	$33,920	270
49	Springfield, Missouri	$43,340	$29,770	360
50	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$43,290	$27,990	60
51	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$43,260	$29,380	180
52	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$42,860	$25,400	150
53	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$42,800	$23,330	100
54	Jackson, Michigan	$42,440	$29,310	130
55	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$42,230	$26,120	180
56	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$42,030	$26,550	380
57	Jackson, Tennessee	$41,810	$37,870	n/a
58	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$41,510	$30,070	620
59	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$41,480	$27,050	1,500
60	Madison, Wisconsin	$40,870	$30,000	960
61	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$40,690	$31,070	170
62	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$40,570	$31,730	550
63	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$40,500	$24,360	700
64	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,430	$29,360	7,830
65	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,380	$36,740	350
66	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$40,350	$20,760	500
67	Rockford, Illinois	$40,270	$28,890	240
68	Monroe, Michigan	$40,260	$29,680	50
69	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$40,240	$31,830	150
70	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$40,180	$29,140	490
71	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$40,160	$29,640	90
72	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$40,140	$31,810	200
73	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$40,050	$29,620	180
74	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$39,960	$23,280	370
75	Owensboro, Kentucky	$39,950	$28,250	50
76	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$39,950	$29,660	330
77	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$39,900	$30,380	150
78	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,880	$29,710	270
79	Visalia-Porterville, California	$39,690	$30,130	430
80	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,590	$22,670	950
81	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$39,590	$25,230	810
82	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,580	$30,720	660
83	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$39,580	$22,990	70
84	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$39,570	$24,210	1,920
85	Bellingham, Washington	$39,510	$31,100	350
86	Roanoke, Virginia	$39,500	$23,060	60
87	St Louis, Missouri	$39,470	$27,720	1,860
88	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,450	$31,110	520
89	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$39,430	$30,160	240
90	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$39,370	$29,120	1,320
91	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$39,350	$23,010	1,020
92	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$39,320	$24,000	40
93	Anderson, Indiana	$39,250	$26,900	n/a
94	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,230	$26,350	70
95	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$39,030	$22,680	500
96	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$38,980	$22,800	110
97	Sioux City, South Dakota	$38,960	$24,180	1,540
98	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$38,900	$25,260	130
99	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$38,890	$29,990	240
100	Kansas City, Missouri	$38,870	$27,120	1,310

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for food batchmakers.