Food Batchmakers

Hospitality and Tourism
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.

What a food batchmaker does

Become a food batchmaker

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good food batchmaker

  • Reading work related information.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $26 per hour with an average salary of $40,000 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $19 and $26 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $6,500 and $43,800 per year.
  • 39% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $22 per hour with an average salary of $23,400 per year.

Food Batchmaker job outlook

  • There are 4,778 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 812 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 28% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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