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Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Cedar Rapids, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders is $41,030 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $63,690 per year in Cedar Rapids, IA. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 35.6% below Cedar Rapids, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3093 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 190 wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 40 in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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.