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Food Batchmaker Workplace Records
Food batchmakers coordinate ingredients, processing equipment and sanitation between batches. An employment concern about output or an adjustment needs the batch stage and instruction in effect. Describe the work generally without copying a proprietary recipe or making conclusions about the safety of a finished product.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Instruction history
List the instruction date, authorized change and approving role without copying the food formulation.
Batch sequence
Distinguish sanitation, setup, mixing and waiting periods relevant to the employment concern.
Own response
Keep your evaluation and correction request alongside your personal timeline, excluding controlled production attachments.
Start with the work you actually do
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Food Batchmakers (51-3092.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.Source task 4919 · updated 08/2021
- Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.Source task 4921 · updated 08/2021
- Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.Source task 4924 · updated 08/2021
- Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.Source task 4925 · updated 08/2021
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Food Batchmakers (SOC 51-3092). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
Select your work state to see its published pay range. No personal pay information is requested or sent.
The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $15.07 | $17.78 | $20.84 | $36,980 |
| Alaska | $18.37 | $18.77 | $23.04 | $39,030 |
| Arizona | $17.46 | $19.49 | $22.01 | $40,550 |
| Arkansas | $16.82 | $18.75 | $21.71 | $38,990 |
| Connecticut | $18.01 | $18.81 | $20.63 | $39,110 |
| Delaware | $16.72 | $17.90 | $22.54 | $37,220 |
| Florida | $14.82 | $17.07 | $21.28 | $35,500 |
| Georgia | $17.66 | $22.35 | $25.21 | $46,490 |
| Hawaii | $16.36 | $18.02 | $21.46 | $37,490 |
| Idaho | $19.23 | $23.83 | $27.73 | $49,570 |
| Indiana | $17.16 | $19.09 | $22.99 | $39,700 |
| Iowa | $20.98 | $23.22 | $28.50 | $48,300 |
| Kansas | $18.29 | $20.60 | $24.37 | $42,850 |
| Kentucky | $17.83 | $22.55 | $25.21 | $46,900 |
| Louisiana | $14.07 | $16.64 | $17.81 | $34,620 |
| Maine | $17.89 | $20.32 | $23.40 | $42,260 |
| Michigan | $16.84 | $19.31 | $22.83 | $40,160 |
| Minnesota | $17.28 | $20.64 | $24.72 | $42,940 |
| Mississippi | $16.77 | $17.56 | $21.56 | $36,530 |
| Missouri | $19.99 | $21.96 | $26.02 | $45,690 |
| Montana | $16.00 | $19.05 | $22.67 | $39,630 |
| Nebraska | $18.64 | $19.81 | $23.41 | $41,210 |
| New Hampshire | $16.94 | $18.02 | $21.17 | $37,470 |
| New Mexico | $15.54 | $17.98 | $22.44 | $37,390 |
| New York | $17.18 | $18.50 | $21.00 | $38,470 |
| North Carolina | $15.62 | $17.59 | $21.23 | $36,590 |
| North Dakota | $18.88 | $19.64 | $22.00 | $40,840 |
| Ohio | $17.48 | $21.44 | $24.03 | $44,590 |
| Oklahoma | $15.09 | $17.46 | $21.91 | $36,320 |
| Pennsylvania | $17.17 | $19.19 | $23.39 | $39,920 |
| Rhode Island | $16.72 | $18.87 | $21.59 | $39,250 |
| South Dakota | $17.61 | $18.84 | $21.49 | $39,200 |
| Tennessee | $18.14 | $20.49 | $23.34 | $42,610 |
| Texas | $13.96 | $18.03 | $22.15 | $37,500 |
| Utah | $17.18 | $19.90 | $23.50 | $41,390 |
| Vermont | $20.07 | $24.12 | $27.14 | $50,180 |
| Virginia | $17.19 | $19.75 | $24.59 | $41,080 |
| West Virginia | $13.83 | $16.67 | $21.86 | $34,660 |
| Wisconsin | $20.31 | $23.25 | $26.79 | $48,360 |
| Wyoming | $14.88 | $18.48 | $21.90 | $38,430 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Distinguish formulation from execution
Record the recipe or instruction version you were directed to follow, without retaining its contents. Note who authorized substitutions or changes in batch size. Separate measurements you personally recorded from information entered by another worker or generated by the equipment.
Explain changeovers and interruptions
Describe cleaning, equipment setup and waiting for quality approval around the production run. If a review cites volume, identify whether it includes rejected or reworked batches. Compare your own work sequence with your time entries rather than treating the mixing cycle as your entire shift.
Preserve production records in place
Do not export ingredient formulas, test results, supplier information or production logs into a personal file. Identify record types for review and keep your own employment notices separately. Never modify an earlier batch record to match a later recollection or recreate an unsafe process.
Choose your next step
Review the workplace retaliation guide, unpaid wages guide, or discrimination guide if those concerns fit your experience. A job title alone does not establish a claim.
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