Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · SOC 51-3093
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders Salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $32,770 per year ($15.76 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $23,540 at the 10th percentile to $53,910 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $32,770 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $23,580 and $47,970.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $23,540 | $23,580 | $32,770 | $47,970 | $53,910 |
| Hourly | $11.32 | $11.34 | $15.76 | $23.06 | $25.92 |
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
- Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$32,770 median for Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $23,580 to $47,970
- Texasstate$33,980 median for Texas; middle half earns $29,580 to $37,100
- United Statesnational$41,590 median for United States; middle half earns $36,190 to $47,380
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs Texas overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Texas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for food cooking machine operators and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan areathis page$32,770 median for Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $23,580 to $47,970
- $36,120 median for El Paso metro area; middle half earns $27,100 to $39,130
- $35,350 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $29,460 to $36,570
- $35,240 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $32,250 to $38,240
- $32,180 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $30,170 to $36,040
- $30,340 median for San Antonio metro area; middle half earns $29,580 to $35,720
- $26,950 median for McAllen metro area; middle half earns $21,510 to $34,660
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 cooking machine operators and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwestern Region of Texas 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.