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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders pay in North Carolina and North Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders is $35,980 per year in North Carolina. It is $77,300 per year in North Dakota. North Carolina is 53.5% 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 1,510 wage and salary jobs in North Carolina 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.