Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders · SOC 51-3091
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders Salary in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,470 per year ($22.34 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,970 at the 10th percentile to $48,240 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,970 and $47,060.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,970 | $38,970 | $46,470 | $47,060 | $48,240 |
| Hourly | $18.73 | $18.73 | $22.34 | $22.63 | $23.19 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$46,470 median for Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,970 to $47,060
- Idahostate$48,250 median for Idaho; middle half earns $38,970 to $48,900
- United Statesnational$44,810 median for United States; middle half earns $37,540 to $50,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs Idaho overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Idaho
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan areathis page$46,470 median for Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,970 to $47,060
- $47,210 median for Twin Falls metro area; middle half earns $38,910 to $52,550
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.