Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
51-3011 Bakers
Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods. Pastry chefs in restaurants and hotels are included with “Chefs and Head Cooks” (35-1011).
National estimates for Bakers
Industry profile for Bakers
Geographic profile for Bakers
National estimates for Bakers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Bakers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 181,800 |
3.0 % |
$ 15.53 |
$ 32,300 |
0.6 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Bakers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 10.97 |
$ 13.30 |
$ 14.31 |
$ 17.75 |
$ 21.85 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 22,820 |
$ 27,660 |
$ 29,750 |
$ 36,930 |
$ 45,450 |
Industry profile for Bakers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Bakers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Bakers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Bakers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing |
63,050 |
21.36 |
$ 15.74 |
$ 32,750 |
| Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only) |
52,090 |
1.76 |
$ 15.63 |
$ 32,510 |
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places |
42,210 |
0.45 |
$ 14.16 |
$ 29,450 |
| Special Food Services |
2,910 |
0.61 |
$ 16.05 |
$ 33,390 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
2,870 |
0.31 |
$ 15.50 |
$ 32,230 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Bakers:
Top paying industries for Bakers:
Geographic profile for Bakers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Bakers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Bakers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Bakers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
21,290 |
1.29 |
1.00 |
$ 17.75 |
$ 36,910 |
| Texas |
17,600 |
1.44 |
1.12 |
$ 13.43 |
$ 27,930 |
| New York |
11,610 |
1.34 |
1.04 |
$ 17.29 |
$ 35,960 |
| Illinois |
11,500 |
2.05 |
1.59 |
$ 15.51 |
$ 32,260 |
| Florida |
10,230 |
1.19 |
0.92 |
$ 14.56 |
$ 30,280 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Bakers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Vermont |
740 |
2.62 |
2.03 |
$ 16.94 |
$ 35,240 |
| Rhode Island |
1,140 |
2.49 |
1.93 |
$ 16.54 |
$ 34,400 |
| Hawaii |
1,300 |
2.36 |
1.83 |
$ 17.36 |
$ 36,100 |
| Illinois |
11,500 |
2.05 |
1.59 |
$ 15.51 |
$ 32,260 |
| Connecticut |
3,030 |
1.93 |
1.49 |
$ 16.52 |
$ 34,350 |
Top paying states for Bakers:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Bakers:
| 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 |
11,460 |
1.32 |
1.02 |
$ 18.20 |
$ 37,850 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
9,770 |
2.31 |
1.79 |
$ 15.84 |
$ 32,950 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
7,770 |
1.36 |
1.05 |
$ 17.26 |
$ 35,890 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
4,880 |
1.68 |
1.31 |
$ 13.40 |
$ 27,870 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
3,660 |
1.42 |
1.10 |
$ 17.88 |
$ 37,190 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
3,640 |
1.37 |
1.06 |
$ 15.77 |
$ 32,790 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
3,610 |
1.70 |
1.32 |
$ 15.71 |
$ 32,680 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3,600 |
1.00 |
0.78 |
$ 14.03 |
$ 29,190 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
3,490 |
1.56 |
1.21 |
$ 19.79 |
$ 41,160 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3,340 |
1.74 |
1.35 |
$ 18.38 |
$ 38,240 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Bakers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Muskegon, MI |
210 |
3.77 |
2.93 |
$ 12.62 |
$ 26,250 |
| Jackson, MI |
200 |
3.76 |
2.92 |
$ 13.43 |
$ 27,940 |
| Ames, IA |
160 |
3.64 |
2.82 |
$ 14.28 |
$ 29,700 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
410 |
3.60 |
2.79 |
$ 17.72 |
$ 36,850 |
| Bend-Redmond, OR |
250 |
2.98 |
2.31 |
$ 16.04 |
$ 33,360 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
2,960 |
2.97 |
2.30 |
$ 13.75 |
$ 28,600 |
| Morristown, TN |
130 |
2.94 |
2.28 |
$ 18.14 |
$ 37,730 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
110 |
2.79 |
2.17 |
$ 16.61 |
$ 34,550 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
200 |
2.79 |
2.16 |
$ 13.73 |
$ 28,550 |
| Twin Falls, ID |
130 |
2.78 |
2.16 |
$ 15.82 |
$ 32,910 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Bakers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
980 |
0.92 |
0.71 |
$ 20.12 |
$ 41,850 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA |
560 |
2.28 |
1.77 |
$ 20.03 |
$ 41,660 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
3,490 |
1.56 |
1.21 |
$ 19.79 |
$ 41,160 |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
180 |
2.74 |
2.12 |
$ 19.70 |
$ 40,970 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,460 |
0.84 |
0.65 |
$ 18.75 |
$ 39,010 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
420 |
2.21 |
1.72 |
$ 18.40 |
$ 38,280 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3,340 |
1.74 |
1.35 |
$ 18.38 |
$ 38,240 |
| Napa, CA |
100 |
1.42 |
1.10 |
$ 18.32 |
$ 38,100 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
11,460 |
1.32 |
1.02 |
$ 18.20 |
$ 37,850 |
| Morristown, TN |
130 |
2.94 |
2.28 |
$ 18.14 |
$ 37,730 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Bakers:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Bakers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Bakers:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
