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Also called bread baker, hotel and restaurant baker, manufacturing baker and night baker.
$37,160
Median pay a year
236,200
People do this work
6
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Baker
Summary
Baker mixing and baking ingredients to produce breads, cookies, cakes, and pastries, while checking quality, setting oven temperatures, and ensuring equipment meets health and safety standards
Experience
Baker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Checked products for quality and identified damaged or expired goods
Set oven temperatures and placed items into hot ovens for baking
Combined measured ingredients in bowls of mixing or cooking machines
Placed dough in pans or on sheets and baked in production ovens
Measured or weighed flour and other ingredients using scales or containers
Observed color of products being baked and adjusted oven settings as needed
Checked equipment to ensure it met health and safety regulations
Skills
Core Skills
Evaluating food ingredient quality, Applying decorative finishes, Adjusting oven temperature controls, Operating food preparation equipment, Monitoring equipment operation, Measuring substances, Determining food production methods, Creating new recipes, Inspecting food products
Hands-On Work
Cleaning production equipment
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Checked products for qualitySet oven temperatures for bakingCombined ingredients in mixing bowlsPlaced dough in pans for bakingMeasured flour and other ingredientsDecorated cakes and pastries
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Checked products for quality to ensure freshness and compliance with standards
Combined measured ingredients in mixing bowls to prepare dough and batter for baking
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Checked products for quality, leading to fewer complaints about stale items
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Fewer complaints about stale productsLess waste from expired goodsBetter customer satisfaction with fresh items
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Combined measured ingredients in mixing bowls to prepare dough and batter for baking
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Several batches each dayMultiple times per shiftDozens of recipes weekly
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Evaluating food ingredient quality
Applying decorative finishes
Adjusting oven temperature controls
Operating food preparation equipment
Monitoring equipment operation
Inspecting food products
Measuring substances
Determining food production methods
Creating new recipes
Cleaning production equipment
Loading materials into production equipment
Shaping clay or dough
The work itself
What a Baker does
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Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
What it pays
How much does a Baker make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$32,660
Median
$37,160
75th percentile
$44,360
About 236,200 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$37,520
$39,710
$48,570
AL
$27,830
$34,030
$38,720
AR
$28,570
$30,380
$33,390
AZ
$36,210
$37,700
$43,520
CA
$38,040
$43,120
$47,500
CO
$37,100
$40,650
$48,280
CT
$34,540
$36,460
$41,990
DC
$38,990
$44,040
$47,600
DE
$33,590
$36,730
$46,650
FL
$30,490
$35,870
$39,690
GA
$28,580
$35,010
$38,650
HI
$37,840
$46,710
$58,180
IA
$28,920
$37,210
$42,850
ID
$23,660
$34,060
$38,600
IL
$34,680
$37,030
$44,260
IN
$28,790
$36,150
$41,360
KS
$29,900
$34,300
$38,030
KY
$28,170
$33,890
$39,470
LA
$23,540
$28,020
$35,690
MA
$36,520
$38,130
$45,400
MD
$34,930
$37,040
$44,660
ME
$34,550
$37,390
$43,410
MI
$30,830
$35,830
$39,320
MN
$36,840
$40,210
$47,220
MO
$30,330
$35,130
$37,630
MS
$22,290
$28,920
$35,450
MT
$31,420
$37,200
$42,950
NC
$27,780
$34,510
$37,770
ND
$35,260
$36,900
$43,840
NE
$30,380
$35,280
$43,520
NH
$36,510
$39,500
$45,810
NJ
$34,710
$36,960
$45,950
NM
$31,300
$34,850
$36,740
NV
$34,110
$39,540
$47,970
NY
$36,150
$38,660
$45,450
OH
$28,300
$34,560
$37,640
OK
$27,060
$31,460
$36,350
OR
$35,610
$39,500
$45,480
PA
$29,530
$36,360
$43,890
PR
$21,840
$22,170
$23,270
RI
$36,400
$38,140
$45,780
SC
$29,240
$35,460
$39,120
SD
$33,870
$38,340
$44,130
TN
$23,960
$34,440
$40,880
TX
$28,190
$33,790
$37,380
UT
$30,270
$36,670
$39,370
VA
$30,270
$34,430
$38,590
VT
$36,370
$39,980
$48,460
WA
$38,890
$46,140
$51,420
WI
$33,830
$37,310
$45,080
WV
$23,070
$28,480
$36,490
WY
$36,190
$40,000
$47,160
Other names
Other names for this job
bread baker, hotel and restaurant baker, manufacturing baker, night baker, pastry baker, pie baker, production baker, store baker, bakery associate, bakery clerk, bakery team member, bagel maker.
More names for this work
cake decorator, donut maker, dough maker, dough mixer, french pastry cook, hotel and restaurant cook, industrial cook, mixer, oven dumper, pan dumper, pan puller, panner, pastry chef, pastry cook, pastry decorator, pastry finisher, pie maker, roll machine operator, roll panner, scaler, sponge maker, sponge setter, sponger.
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This page is about the occupation Bakers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.