Biomass Plant Technicians build operations monitoring, operation and control and judgment and decision making skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (86%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators | 86% | $77,320 | — | None |
| 2 | Wellhead Pumpers | 85% | $69,960 | — | None |
| 3 | Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers | 85% | $61,770 | — | None |
| 4 | Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders | 85% | $58,040 | — | None |
| 5 | Geothermal Technicians | 82% | $49,230Pay for the broader BLS group “Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 6 | Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders | 80% | $54,430 | — | None |
| 7 | Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 80% | $46,550 | — | None |
| 8 | Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 79% | $51,610 | — | None |
| 9 | Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers | 79% | $46,350 | — | None |
| 10 | Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 79% | $52,800 | — | None |
Compared with Biomass Plant Technicians, median —. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as biomass plant technicians (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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86% skill match · $77,320
Troubleshooting · Repairing
85% skill match · $69,960
Troubleshooting · Repairing
85% skill match · $61,770
Management of Personnel Resources · Troubleshooting · Management of Material Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (86% skill match, median $77,320), Wellhead Pumpers (85% skill match, median $69,960) and Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers (85% skill match, median $61,770), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
None of the 25 closest matches pays more than biomass plant technicians at the national median (BLS May 2025). Higher-paying moves usually need more training.
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.