Food Batchmakers

Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.

$40,050
Median Annual Pay
Jobs growth:
+5% projected 2024–2034

What They Do

Food processing equipment workers operate machinery that mixes, cooks, or processes ingredients for manufacturing food products.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Food Science and Technology(masters)Michigan State University, MI
$92,232
Food Science and Technology(masters)Kansas State University, KS
$90,394
Food Science and Technology(masters)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
$89,713
Food Science and Technology(masters)Oklahoma State University-Main Campus, OK
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)New York University, NY
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Purdue University-Main Campus, IN
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Oregon State University, OR
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, CA
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)North Dakota State University-Main Campus, ND
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Mount Mary University, WI
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)California State University-Fresno, CA
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Brigham Young University, UT
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Chapman University, CA
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Illinois Institute of Technology, IL
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Alabama A & M University, AL
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Clemson University, SC
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Ohio State University-Main Campus, OH
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, OR
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Colorado State University-Fort Collins, CO
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, LA
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Cornell University, NY
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Mississippi State University, MS
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Drexel University, PA
$85,889
Food Science and Technology(masters)Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ
$85,889

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