SOC 51-3091 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $56,270. The 10th percentile is $35,840 and the 90th percentile is $64,910. Employment is 100.
Median annual wage
$56,270
- 10th percentile
- $35,840
- 25th percentile
- $46,400
- Median
- $56,270
- 75th percentile
- $62,020
- 90th percentile
- $64,910
- Mean
- $54,610
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $35,840 and the 90th percentile is $64,910. The difference is $29,070, which is 51.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,400 to the 75th at $62,020, covers $15,620.
The mean annual wage is $54,610, which sits below the median of $56,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 25.6% higher than the national median of $44,810 for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,751, which is 17.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 23.4% higher than the California median of $45,600.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders at $52,751 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 2nd of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Stockton-Lodi, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $38,240 and employment of 40. That median is 32% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,388, against $52,751 here.
- Vallejo, CA is 62 miles away, with a median of $44,420 and employment of 30. That median is 21.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,948, against $52,751 here.
- Modesto, CA is 85 miles away, with a median of $61,130 and employment of 70. That median is 8.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,718, against $52,751 here.
Employment share
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (100 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (20,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.71 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $56,270. The 10th percentile is $35,840 and the 90th percentile is $64,910. Employment is 100.
How does that compare with the national median for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders?
The local median is 25.6% higher than the national median of $44,810.
What is Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $56,270 is $52,751. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA compare with nearby metros for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders?
Stockton-Lodi, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 61 miles away, at $38,240. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 2nd of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.