Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

51-9023 Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients. Excludes �Food Batchmakers� (51-3092).

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)
125,340	2.2 %	$19.19	$39,920	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$12.23	$14.67	$18.17	$22.95	$28.21
Annual Wage (2)	$25,440	$30,510	$37,780	$47,740	$58,680

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)
Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)	18,130	10.37	$18.57	$38,620
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)	15,070	4.14	$19.67	$40,910
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	12,370	2.95	$20.06	$41,730
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	11,310	3.80	$20.00	$41,590
Animal Food Manufacturing	8,120	12.78	$17.76	$36,940

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Animal Food Manufacturing	8,120	12.78	$17.76	$36,940
Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)	18,130	10.37	$18.57	$38,620
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)	15,070	4.14	$19.67	$40,910
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	11,310	3.80	$20.00	$41,590
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	4,240	3.78	$21.16	$44,020

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	170	0.03	$27.80	$57,830
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	150	0.01	$26.48	$55,090
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	1,570	1.70	$24.63	$51,220
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing	60	0.07	$23.92	$49,750
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	880	0.87	$22.03	$45,820

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	12,200	0.70	0.82	$20.19	$41,990
Ohio	7,660	1.41	1.65	$19.22	$39,980
Texas	7,370	0.59	0.69	$17.06	$35,480
Illinois	6,480	1.08	1.26	$19.72	$41,020
North Carolina	6,100	1.37	1.60	$17.68	$36,770

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)
Wisconsin	5,230	1.82	2.13	$19.53	$40,620
Nebraska	1,730	1.76	2.07	$17.54	$36,490
Indiana	5,280	1.72	2.01	$18.57	$38,630
Utah	2,550	1.70	1.99	$17.81	$37,050
Iowa	2,270	1.46	1.71	$20.35	$42,320

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Louisiana	1,440	0.75	0.88	$24.65	$51,260
Maine	250	0.41	0.48	$23.78	$49,450
Washington	2,020	0.61	0.71	$22.43	$46,650
West Virginia	430	0.61	0.72	$22.26	$46,300
Delaware	270	0.59	0.69	$22.16	$46,100

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)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	5,610	0.58	0.68	$19.83	$41,250
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	5,350	0.86	1.01	$19.24	$40,030
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5,090	1.09	1.28	$19.43	$40,420
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	2,810	1.02	1.20	$19.37	$40,290
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	2,220	1.78	2.09	$17.75	$36,910
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,760	0.48	0.56	$17.12	$35,600
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	1,750	0.57	0.67	$16.96	$35,270
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1,700	0.59	0.69	$20.65	$42,960
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,510	0.71	0.84	$15.91	$33,090
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	1,510	0.76	0.89	$18.63	$38,750