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Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender Salary in Fort Smith, Oklahoma

The annual salary statistics of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Fort Smith, Oklahoma is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith, Oklahoma

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$19,820
25th Percentile Wage	$20,880
50th Percentile Wage	$22,660
75th Percentile Wage	$24,460
90th Percentile Wage	$28,350

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food cooking machine operators and tenders in Fort Smith, Oklahoma in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $28,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,820.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food cooking machine operators and tenders from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	2-Year Growth
2014	$22,660	-2.43%	-6.00%
2013	$23,210	-3.49%	-
2012	$24,020	-	-

Table 2. Compare Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender Salary in Fort Smith with Other Oklahoma Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $22,660, Fort Smith is the lowest paying city for food cooking machine operators and tenders in state of Oklahoma, following city of Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $32,830). In comparison, the median annual salary of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Fort Smith is 31.0 percent (31.0%) lower than that in the highest paying city Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$32,830
Oklahoma City	$32,360
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$31,810
Tulsa	$27,810
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$26,100
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$25,500
Fort Smith	$22,660