Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

51-9012 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators. Excludes "Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders" (51-9011).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
49,770	2.6 %	$21.22	$44,140	0.9 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$12.54	$15.42	$19.62	$25.86	$32.51
Annual Wage (2)	$26,070	$32,060	$40,810	$53,790	$67,630

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Beverage Manufacturing	19,100	7.36	$21.76	$45,270
Dairy Product Manufacturing	6,520	4.48	$20.68	$43,010
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	3,260	1.11	$23.78	$49,450
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)	2,990	0.82	$22.20	$46,180
Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)	1,600	0.94	$19.00	$39,510

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Tobacco Manufacturing	880	7.67	$23.11	$48,070
Beverage Manufacturing	19,100	7.36	$21.76	$45,270
Dairy Product Manufacturing	6,520	4.48	$20.68	$43,010
Grain and Oilseed Milling	1,480	2.50	$19.79	$41,160
Metal Ore Mining	690	1.72	$25.30	$52,630

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	260	0.23	$30.50	$63,430
Support Activities for Mining	50	0.01	$28.62	$59,520
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	710	0.72	$27.68	$57,560
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	30	0.01	$25.97	$54,010
Metal Ore Mining	690	1.72	$25.30	$52,630

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	9,370	0.55	1.60	$22.83	$47,490
Texas	3,160	0.26	0.76	$21.35	$44,420
Pennsylvania	2,980	0.51	1.48	$20.23	$42,080
Colorado	2,150	0.82	2.38	$21.40	$44,500
New York	2,150	0.23	0.67	$21.70	$45,140

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wyoming	350	1.31	3.80	$35.26	$73,340
Oregon	1,650	0.87	2.54	$19.33	$40,210
Colorado	2,150	0.82	2.38	$21.40	$44,500
Maine	470	0.78	2.28	$23.02	$47,890
New Hampshire	490	0.75	2.18	$27.13	$56,440

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wyoming	350	1.31	3.80	$35.26	$73,340
Nevada	420	0.31	0.91	$27.88	$57,990
New Hampshire	490	0.75	2.18	$27.13	$56,440
New Jersey	930	0.23	0.67	$26.55	$55,230
North Carolina	1,870	0.43	1.24	$23.42	$48,720

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Napa, CA	1,580	20.93	60.85	$24.86	$51,720
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1,380	0.48	1.40	$19.80	$41,170
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	1,360	0.14	0.42	$24.92	$51,840
Santa Rosa, CA	1,210	5.90	17.16	$24.79	$51,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,130	0.19	0.54	$21.79	$45,330
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	1,050	0.23	0.66	$20.40	$42,430
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	820	0.56	1.62	$20.45	$42,530
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	800	0.67	1.96	$20.32	$42,260
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	800	0.22	0.65	$19.14	$39,810
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	790	0.26	0.77	$23.25	$48,360

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Napa, CA	1,580	20.93	60.85	$24.86	$51,720
Santa Rosa, CA	1,210	5.90	17.16	$24.79	$51,560
Kankakee, IL	170	3.92	11.40	$34.12	$70,960
Merced, CA	280	3.87	11.26	$20.71	$43,080
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA	430	3.63	10.56	$19.21	$39,950
St. Joseph, MO-KS	170	3.17	9.23	$21.43	$44,570
Greeley, CO	270	2.57	7.47	$21.05	$43,790
Visalia-Porterville, CA	330	2.15	6.24	$24.58	$51,120
Bend-Redmond, OR	170	2.01	5.85	$18.16	$37,760
Kennewick-Richland, WA	220	1.91	5.57	$20.15	$41,920