Jobs Similar to Biofuels Processing Technicians
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to biofuels processing technicians, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Biomass Plant Technicians, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators and Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers.
Biofuels Processing Technicians: $62,470 (broader BLS group) · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Biomass Plant Technicians
83% similar · $102,040 (broader group) · High school · Same group
- 2Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
82% similar · $77,320 · High school
- 3Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
81% similar · $96,710 · High school · Same group
- 4Nuclear Technicians
80% similar · $110,240 · Training or associate
- 5Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
80% similar · $78,620 · Training or associate · Same group
- 6Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $48,540 · High school
- 7Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $43,220 · High school
- 8Gas Plant Operators
79% similar · $87,820 · High school · Same group
- 9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
79% similar · $60,020 · High school · Same group
- 10Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $58,040 · High school
- 11Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
79% similar · $58,870 · High school
- 12Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $51,610 · High school
- 13Power Plant Operators
79% similar · $102,040 · High school · Same group
- 14Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
78% similar · $61,770 · High school
- 15Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $54,430 · High school
- 16Chemical Plant and System Operators
78% similar · $78,120 · High school · Same group
- 17Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $41,330 · High school
- 18Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
78% similar · $102,040 (broader group) · Training or associate · Same group
- 19Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $46,460 · High school
- 20Wellhead Pumpers
78% similar · $69,960 · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for biofuels processing technicians also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where biofuels processing technicians is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders (83)
- Wellhead Pumpers (81)
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (80)
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (79)
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (79)
- Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders (79)
- Helpers--Production Workers (78)
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers (78)
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders (77)
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (77)
Questions about jobs like biofuels processing technicians
What jobs are most similar to biofuels processing technicians?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Biomass Plant Technicians (83% similar), Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (82% similar), Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (81% similar), Nuclear Technicians (80% similar) and Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators (80% similar).
Do jobs like biofuels processing technicians pay more?
None of the 20 most similar careers has a higher BLS median pay than biofuels processing technicians where a direct comparison is possible.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.