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Index›Production›Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

US jobs

31K

Avg. wage

$20/h

GDP output/y

$4.5B

Tasks

AI Parity

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Tasks

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