Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
US jobs
20K
Avg. wage
$22/h
GDP output/y
$3.3B
Tasks
19
AI Parity
16%
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O*NET-SOC 51-3091.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025
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