Food Processing Workers Career

The average annual wage of the occupations is $38,220 and $18 per hour. 4 vocational programs could be taken for the Food Processing Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 848,630 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Food Processing Workers is $24,241. The average length of the programs is 326 hours and the average completion time is 13.09 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Processing Workers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Food Processing Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Brewing Science	14	$45,191	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	$17,048	-	-	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	189	$24,241	$1,201	326 Hours	13.09 Months
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter	11	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Food Processing Workers Career

The following 44 occupations are related to Food Processing Workers.

Related Occupations toFood Processing Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Food Service Managers	246K	$69,580	$33
Animal Scientists	2,460	$89,450	$43
Food Science Technicians	15,190	$54,000	$26
Chefs and Head Cooks	172K	$62,640	$30
Cooks, Fast Food	673K	$29,760	$14
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	436K	$35,920	$17
Cooks, Private Household	740	$49,790	$24
Cooks, Restaurant	1,412K	$36,060	$17
Cooks, Short Order	126K	$33,920	$16
Food Preparation Workers	880K	$32,960	$16
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Agricultural Inspectors	12,660	$52,170	$25
Animal Breeders	1,360	$53,520	$26
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	259K	$36,140	$17
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	32,590	$37,060	$18
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Butchers and Meat Cutters	136K	$39,680	$19
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	138K	$36,840	$18
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	71,310	$38,710	$19
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	20,870	$54,340	$26
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	14,950	$46,540	$22
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	185K	$31,880	$15
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	6,650	$37,570	$18
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	106K	$47,950	$23
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	7,220	$39,260	$19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	14,820	$47,540	$23
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	12,510	$44,400	$21
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	15,210	$41,500	$20
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	6,500	$44,840	$22
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	24,660	$42,900	$21
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	645K	$35,450	$17

Vocational Programs for Food Processing Workers Career

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$38,220

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Processing Workers Career

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