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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Hawaii and North Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders is $45,390 per year in Hawaii. It is $77,300 per year in North Dakota. Hawaii is 41.3% below North Dakota on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3091 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 30 in North Dakota. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.