Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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 Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$17,450
25th Percentile Wage
$19,900
50th Percentile Wage
$26,520
75th Percentile Wage
$30,260
90th Percentile Wage
$37,780

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food cooking machine operators and tenders in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,450.

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 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$26,520
7.01% 21.76%
2016
$24,660
18.53% -
2015
$20,090
-0.15% -
2014
$20,120
-3.18% -
2013
$20,760
0.05% -
2012
$20,750
- -

Table 2. Compare Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,520 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for food cooking machine operators and tenders in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 34.5 percent (34.5%) lower than that in the highest paying North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area and 30.6 percent (30.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Longview.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$40,480
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$40,180
Amarillo
$34,770
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$32,950
Waco
$29,750
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$29,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$29,470
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$29,030
Lubbock
$28,950
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$27,970
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$26,620
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$26,520
Fort Worth-Arlington
$26,210
El Paso
$24,170
Laredo
$24,160
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$23,090
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$23,010
Tyler
$21,650
Brownsville-Harlingen
$21,420
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,760
Longview
$18,410