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Mixing and Blending Machine Operator Workplace Records
Mixing and blending work depends on specified ingredients, quantities and processing times. A workplace concern may arise when instructions change or a batch fails a later check. Describe the stage you controlled and the report you made, separating the production question from the employer’s decision about your work.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Instruction version
Record the recipe or process instruction referenced without copying its confidential contents.
Measurement handoff
Identify which materials you measured and where responsibility passed to another worker.
Workplace response
List your report, management reply and later employment action as separate dated events.
Start with the work you actually do
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-9023.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.Source task 12397 · updated 08/2023
- Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.Source task 12410 · updated 08/2023
- Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.Source task 12402 · updated 08/2023
- Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.Source task 20682 · updated 08/2023
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (SOC 51-9023). 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 | $18.30 | $22.14 | $27.27 | $46,050 |
| Alaska | $16.97 | $23.92 | $30.93 | $49,740 |
| Arizona | $19.37 | $23.21 | $29.20 | $48,280 |
| Arkansas | $18.95 | $21.47 | $23.96 | $44,650 |
| Connecticut | $22.90 | $25.88 | $32.32 | $53,830 |
| Delaware | $22.05 | $24.74 | $29.37 | $51,460 |
| Florida | $18.56 | $22.12 | $25.10 | $46,000 |
| Georgia | $18.55 | $22.60 | $24.81 | $47,000 |
| Idaho | $19.41 | $21.49 | $22.54 | $44,690 |
| Indiana | $21.16 | $22.91 | $28.21 | $47,650 |
| Iowa | $23.02 | $24.79 | $28.45 | $51,570 |
| Kansas | $20.97 | $24.40 | $30.90 | $50,750 |
| Kentucky | $20.04 | $23.31 | $26.46 | $48,490 |
| Louisiana | $18.38 | $22.75 | $28.96 | $47,330 |
| Maine | $23.13 | $26.70 | $30.57 | $55,540 |
| Michigan | $18.39 | $21.30 | $26.16 | $44,310 |
| Minnesota | $24.04 | $28.49 | $31.69 | $59,270 |
| Mississippi | $21.06 | $22.31 | $28.32 | $46,410 |
| Missouri | $21.57 | $24.20 | $30.25 | $50,340 |
| Montana | $17.23 | $18.47 | $23.59 | $38,410 |
| Nebraska | $21.52 | $23.58 | $27.14 | $49,050 |
| New Hampshire | $23.65 | $24.96 | $29.27 | $51,920 |
| New Mexico | $16.89 | $17.78 | $24.28 | $36,980 |
| New York | $20.99 | $25.56 | $29.65 | $53,170 |
| North Carolina | $19.75 | $22.61 | $26.35 | $47,020 |
| North Dakota | $22.29 | $23.08 | $25.84 | $48,000 |
| Ohio | $19.98 | $22.94 | $28.32 | $47,720 |
| Oklahoma | $18.21 | $22.60 | $27.69 | $47,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $21.91 | $24.30 | $29.18 | $50,550 |
| Rhode Island | $16.73 | $22.89 | $27.74 | $47,610 |
| South Dakota | $20.59 | $23.56 | $24.10 | $49,000 |
| Tennessee | $19.07 | $23.00 | $26.27 | $47,840 |
| Texas | $17.95 | $21.79 | $26.41 | $45,320 |
| Utah | $19.02 | $22.68 | $27.17 | $47,180 |
| Vermont | $21.84 | $21.84 | $28.32 | $45,420 |
| Virginia | $21.74 | $24.02 | $29.18 | $49,970 |
| West Virginia | $21.72 | $24.53 | $27.79 | $51,020 |
| Wisconsin | $22.54 | $25.10 | $29.92 | $52,200 |
| Wyoming | $25.21 | $28.04 | $35.24 | $58,320 |
“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.
Identify the batch instruction
Note the work-order version, material category and measuring task assigned to you. Record who approved a quantity or process change and when. Distinguish materials you measured from those prepared by another worker, without assuming a later batch result establishes the source of an error.
Explain preparation and monitoring
List weighing, loading, monitoring and cleanup relevant to the period under review. Note equipment interruptions or missing ingredients you reported. Compare your own time record with these duties rather than using the mixer’s operating duration as your whole shift.
Keep formulas and samples controlled
Do not take proprietary recipes, batch records or material samples for personal use. Identify relevant record types and versions for review. Never repeat a blend or alter a process log to support an employment account; retain your own instruction requests and feedback instead.
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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