Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
51-9023 Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients. Excludes "Food Batchmakers" (51-3092).
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) |
| 128,600 |
2.1 % |
$18.92 |
$39,360 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$11.83 |
$14.30 |
$17.89 |
$22.69 |
$28.15 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$24,600 |
$29,740 |
$37,210 |
$47,190 |
$58,550 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) |
17,230 |
10.09 |
$18.36 |
$38,200 |
| Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) |
16,060 |
4.43 |
$19.22 |
$39,980 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
13,430 |
4.56 |
$19.75 |
$41,070 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing |
13,070 |
3.14 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Animal Food Manufacturing |
7,310 |
11.82 |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Animal Food Manufacturing |
7,310 |
11.82 |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
| Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) |
17,230 |
10.09 |
$18.36 |
$38,200 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
13,430 |
4.56 |
$19.75 |
$41,070 |
| Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) |
16,060 |
4.43 |
$19.22 |
$39,980 |
| Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing |
4,890 |
4.36 |
$20.55 |
$42,750 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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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 |
14,320 |
0.84 |
0.95 |
$20.45 |
$42,530 |
| Texas |
8,010 |
0.66 |
0.74 |
$16.95 |
$35,250 |
| Ohio |
7,370 |
1.36 |
1.53 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Illinois |
6,270 |
1.05 |
1.18 |
$20.83 |
$43,330 |
| New York |
6,230 |
0.66 |
0.75 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
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) |
| Wisconsin |
5,340 |
1.87 |
2.11 |
$19.20 |
$39,940 |
| Indiana |
5,550 |
1.82 |
2.05 |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Nebraska |
1,500 |
1.53 |
1.73 |
$17.27 |
$35,910 |
| Kansas |
2,110 |
1.53 |
1.72 |
$18.21 |
$37,880 |
| Arkansas |
1,830 |
1.51 |
1.70 |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Louisiana |
1,570 |
0.82 |
0.92 |
$23.50 |
$48,870 |
| Maine |
310 |
0.52 |
0.58 |
$23.23 |
$48,310 |
| Delaware |
280 |
0.63 |
0.71 |
$22.47 |
$46,750 |
| West Virginia |
420 |
0.61 |
0.69 |
$22.42 |
$46,640 |
| Connecticut |
1,210 |
0.73 |
0.82 |
$22.05 |
$45,870 |
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) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
6,310 |
0.66 |
0.75 |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,420 |
0.88 |
1.00 |
$19.38 |
$40,300 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
5,020 |
1.08 |
1.22 |
$20.23 |
$42,070 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,760 |
1.03 |
1.16 |
$19.31 |
$40,170 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2,250 |
0.93 |
1.05 |
$24.57 |
$51,100 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
2,180 |
1.79 |
2.02 |
$17.63 |
$36,680 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2,130 |
0.71 |
0.80 |
$17.41 |
$36,200 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,900 |
0.53 |
0.60 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,900 |
0.67 |
0.75 |
$20.68 |
$43,010 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
1,710 |
1.65 |
1.86 |
$18.49 |
$38,450 |
United States Department of Labor
