Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

51-3011 Bakers

Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods. Pastry chefs in restaurants and hotels are included with "Chefs and Head Cooks" (35-1011).

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)
184,990	1.7 %	$14.25	$29,630	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$9.77	$11.29	$13.32	$16.41	$20.02
Annual Wage (2)	$20,310	$23,480	$27,700	$34,120	$41,640

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)
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	58,840	18.71	$14.53	$30,230
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	52,100	1.79	$14.18	$29,480
Restaurants and Other Eating Places	39,100	0.36	$13.34	$27,750
Traveler Accommodation	3,840	0.19	$16.95	$35,270
Special Food Services	3,590	0.49	$14.80	$30,780

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	58,840	18.71	$14.53	$30,230
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	52,100	1.79	$14.18	$29,480
Special Food Services	3,590	0.49	$14.80	$30,780
Restaurants and Other Eating Places	39,100	0.36	$13.34	$27,750
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	270	0.35	$12.96	$26,970

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	420	0.01	$17.11	$35,580
Traveler Accommodation	3,840	0.19	$16.95	$35,270
Elementary and Secondary Schools	620	0.01	$16.53	$34,390
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	230	(7)	$15.85	$32,960
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	(8)	(8)	$15.69	$32,630

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	23,580	1.36	1.08	$15.67	$32,580
Texas	15,850	1.28	1.01	$12.42	$25,830
New York	11,690	1.23	0.97	$15.76	$32,780
Illinois	11,430	1.90	1.51	$13.63	$28,360
Florida	10,170	1.16	0.92	$13.83	$28,780

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)
Vermont	760	2.47	1.96	$16.53	$34,380
Hawaii	1,480	2.33	1.85	$18.31	$38,080
Utah	3,120	2.07	1.65	$13.90	$28,920
Montana	910	1.94	1.54	$13.47	$28,020
Illinois	11,430	1.90	1.51	$13.63	$28,360

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii	1,480	2.33	1.85	$18.31	$38,080
District of Columbia	760	1.05	0.84	$17.13	$35,620
Massachusetts	4,300	1.19	0.94	$16.94	$35,240
Washington	5,200	1.57	1.25	$16.94	$35,230
Alaska	200	0.63	0.50	$16.60	$34,520

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	11,320	1.17	0.93	$16.32	$33,930
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	9,790	2.09	1.66	$13.85	$28,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	8,020	1.29	1.02	$14.19	$29,520
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	5,150	1.41	1.12	$12.69	$26,390
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	4,700	1.90	1.51	$17.77	$36,960
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4,450	1.55	1.23	$13.04	$27,120
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,850	1.21	0.96	$15.79	$32,840
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	3,780	1.24	0.98	$12.21	$25,390
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	3,540	1.29	1.02	$13.54	$28,170
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	3,290	1.63	1.29	$17.76	$36,940