Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
51-9012 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators. Excludes “Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders” (51-9011).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 51,160 |
2.6 % |
$21.81 |
$45,370 |
1.0 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$12.84 |
$15.80 |
$19.87 |
$26.54 |
$34.04 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$26,710 |
$32,870 |
$41,330 |
$55,190 |
$70,800 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Beverage Manufacturing |
20,940 |
7.71 |
$22.94 |
$47,710 |
| Dairy Product Manufacturing |
6,010 |
3.98 |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
2,840 |
0.96 |
$24.03 |
$49,990 |
| Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) |
2,740 |
0.75 |
$23.40 |
$48,670 |
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places |
1,610 |
0.01 |
$18.96 |
$39,450 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Beverage Manufacturing |
20,940 |
7.71 |
$22.94 |
$47,710 |
| Dairy Product Manufacturing |
6,010 |
3.98 |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Tobacco Manufacturing |
270 |
2.55 |
$28.23 |
$58,720 |
| Metal Ore Mining |
610 |
1.46 |
$25.77 |
$53,600 |
| Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills |
1,180 |
1.28 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
8,810 |
0.51 |
1.45 |
$24.72 |
$51,410 |
| Texas |
3,480 |
0.28 |
0.80 |
$21.74 |
$45,210 |
| Pennsylvania |
2,450 |
0.42 |
1.19 |
$20.25 |
$42,110 |
| Colorado |
2,130 |
0.79 |
2.28 |
$22.34 |
$46,460 |
| New York |
2,100 |
0.22 |
0.63 |
$20.98 |
$43,640 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Wyoming |
320 |
1.19 |
3.41 |
$37.99 |
$79,030 |
| Vermont |
320 |
1.06 |
3.04 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Maine |
560 |
0.91 |
2.61 |
$22.54 |
$46,880 |
| Nebraska |
850 |
0.86 |
2.48 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Oregon |
1,600 |
0.84 |
2.41 |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Wyoming |
320 |
1.19 |
3.41 |
$37.99 |
$79,030 |
| Nevada |
350 |
0.25 |
0.73 |
$29.79 |
$61,960 |
| New Hampshire |
530 |
0.80 |
2.31 |
$26.90 |
$55,950 |
| Ohio |
1,610 |
0.30 |
0.85 |
$26.61 |
$55,340 |
| New Jersey |
880 |
0.22 |
0.62 |
$26.28 |
$54,660 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Napa, CA |
1,810 |
23.45 |
67.31 |
$29.41 |
$61,180 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,330 |
0.28 |
0.81 |
$20.40 |
$42,420 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1,270 |
0.13 |
0.38 |
$25.19 |
$52,400 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
1,120 |
5.37 |
15.40 |
$27.67 |
$57,550 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,040 |
0.36 |
1.04 |
$20.05 |
$41,710 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,030 |
0.28 |
0.81 |
$18.74 |
$38,990 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,000 |
0.16 |
0.46 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
890 |
0.59 |
1.68 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
830 |
0.68 |
1.96 |
$20.73 |
$43,120 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
750 |
0.24 |
0.70 |
$25.17 |
$52,350 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Napa, CA |
1,810 |
23.45 |
67.31 |
$29.41 |
$61,180 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
1,120 |
5.37 |
15.40 |
$27.67 |
$57,550 |
| Merced, CA |
350 |
4.53 |
13.01 |
$21.17 |
$44,040 |
| Walla Walla, WA |
110 |
4.40 |
12.65 |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Kankakee, IL |
180 |
3.91 |
11.23 |
$35.14 |
$73,100 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
390 |
3.33 |
9.57 |
$22.08 |
$45,920 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS |
180 |
3.25 |
9.32 |
$17.99 |
$37,410 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME |
280 |
2.93 |
8.41 |
$25.22 |
$52,460 |
| Sheboygan, WI |
150 |
2.49 |
7.16 |
$16.71 |
$34,760 |
| Greeley, CO |
250 |
2.31 |
6.62 |
$21.38 |
$44,480 |
United States Department of Labor
