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Overview
Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.
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Salary
Median salary: $37,650 annually
Half of those employed in this career earn between $29,920 and $48,230.
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How do salaries for this career compare to other jobs' salaries?
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About Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Worker concerns
Some jobs are more stressful than others, and some are just plain dangerous. The following list gives the percentages of cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders who report hazardous or difficult situations typically occurring at least once a week.
- Time Pressure (68%)
- Responsible for Others' Health (67%)
- Exposed to Contaminants (60%)
- Hazardous Equipment (60%)
- Hazardous Conditions (44%)
- Consequence of Error (44%)
- Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites (35%)
- High Conflict Frequency (32%)
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Education pathways to this career
Education attained by cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders typically hold a high school diploma or equivalent.
Education level of Specialized Production Equipment Operators and Tenders
Only 0% of specialized production equipment operators and tenders have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Education attained by specialized production equipment operators and tenders
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Where are the jobs
State-by-state employment numbers
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Number of Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders per 1,000 workers (BLS)
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Job density versus job count
Which states hire the most cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders? We wonder if that's a fair question since states come in all sizes, so instead let's start with the question of which states have the highest density of people working as cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. You can choose to view the number of jobs per state if you prefer.
Salaries by state
Let's get a feel for where cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders earn the highest salaries. There are several choices for which data we consider and how we view that data, and each can lead to different conclusions, so please read on...
Median salary versus state ratio
We use two methods to compare salaries across states:
- In-state comparisons: the ratio of median (middle) salaries for specialized production equipment operators and tenders compared to the median salary for all people working in each state, or
- Median salary: the unaltered median salaries for specialized production equipment operators and tenders.
The darkest shading corresponds to states in which specialized production equipment operators and tenders earn the highest salary when compared to other jobs in the state. We think this figure might be a better indicator than the actual salary for your buying power as a state resident.
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Location-adjusted median salary for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders (BLS for this specialty)
Employment
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Gender
Specialized production equipment operators and tenders and gender
Gender of Specialized production equipment operators and tenders
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Race/Origin
Race and origin of Specialized production equipment operators and tenders
This donut shows the distribution of race and origin among those employed as Specialized production equipment operators and tenders.
Race/origin of specialized production equipment operators and tenders
