Jobs Similar to Food Batchmakers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to food batchmakers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders, Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders and Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders.
Food Batchmakers: $42,290 median pay · 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
- 1Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
84% similar · $41,590 (−2%) · High school · Same group
- 2Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
83% similar · $44,810 (+6%) · High school · Same group
- 3Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $43,530 (+3%) · High school
- 4Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $43,220 (+2%) · High school
- 5Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
78% similar · $48,540 (+15%) · High school
- 6Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
77% similar · $48,040 (+14%) · High school
- 7Machine Feeders and Offbearers
77% similar · $41,220 (−3%) · High school
- 8Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
77% similar · $45,760 (+8%) · High school
- 9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
77% similar · $58,040 (+37%) · High school
- 10Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
77% similar · $51,610 (+22%) · High school
- 11Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
77% similar · $41,330 (−2%) · High school
- 12Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
76% similar · $50,270 (+19%) · High school
- 13Bakers
76% similar · $37,160 (−12%) · High school · Same group
- 14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
76% similar · $48,570 (+15%) · High school
- 15Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $38,180 (−10%) · High school
- 16Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
75% similar · $46,350 (+10%) · High school
- 17Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
75% similar · $96,710 (+129%) · High school
- 18Helpers--Production Workers
75% similar · $39,070 (−8%) · High school
- 19Sewing Machine Operators
75% similar · $36,670 (−13%) · High school
- 20Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
75% similar · $43,960 (+4%) · 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
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than food batchmakers.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers75% similar · $96,710 (+129%)
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders77% similar · $58,040 (+37%)
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders77% similar · $51,610 (+22%)
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders76% similar · $50,270 (+19%)
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders78% similar · $48,540 (+15%)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers76% similar · $48,570 (+15%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for food batchmakers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where food batchmakers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders (84)
- Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (83)
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders (80)
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (79)
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (79)
- Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (76)
- Cooks, Fast Food (75)
- Cooks, Restaurant (75)
- Helpers--Production Workers (75)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (74)
Questions about jobs like food batchmakers
What jobs are most similar to food batchmakers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (84% similar), Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders (83% similar), Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders (80% similar), Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (79% similar) and Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (78% similar).
Which jobs like food batchmakers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +129%; usually a high school diploma), Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders ($58,040, +37%; usually a high school diploma) and Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ($51,610, +22%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with food batchmakers ($42,290). Without more preparation than food batchmakers usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders and Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.
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.