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Also called almond paste mixer, back of house team member, batch blender and batch maker.
$42,290
Median pay a year
174,520
People do this work
6
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Food Batchmaker
Summary
Food batchmaker setting up and operating equipment to mix and blend ingredients for food products, recording data and testing samples to ensure quality and following recipes for flavor and texture
Experience
Food Batchmaker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Recorded production and test data for each food product batch, including ingredients, temperature, and test results
Cleaned and sterilized vats and factory processing areas for food production
Set up, operated, and tended equipment that cooked, mixed, and processed ingredients for food products
Mixed or blended ingredients according to recipes, using paddles or agitators
Followed recipes to produce food products with specific flavors and textures
Selected and measured ingredients using scales and both English and metric measures
Tested food product samples for moisture content and acidity level, continuing processing until desired levels were reached
Inspecting food products, Inspecting production equipment
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Recorded production and test dataCleaned and sterilized processing areasOperated equipment to cook ingredientsMixed ingredients according to recipesMeasured and weighed ingredientsObserved equipment for problems
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Recorded production and test data for food products to ensure quality standards were met
Operated cooking equipment to prepare ingredients for processing
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Recorded production and test data for food products, leading to more accurate quality checks
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Quality checks became more accurateProduction errors were reducedTeam members worked more efficiently
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Operated cooking equipment to prepare ingredients for processing
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Several times each shiftDaily for multiple batchesOften for various recipes
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Operating food preparation equipment
Operating mixing equipment
Inspecting food products
Determining food production methods
Evaluating food ingredient quality
Monitoring instruments
Watching operating equipment
Inspecting production equipment
Measuring substances
Selecting production materials
Cleaning work areas
Sterilizing food equipment
The work itself
What a Food Batchmaker does
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Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.
What it pays
How much does a Food Batchmaker make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$36,350
Median
$42,290
75th percentile
$49,670
About 174,520 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$38,200
$39,030
$47,930
AL
$31,350
$36,980
$43,340
AR
$34,990
$38,990
$45,160
AZ
$36,320
$40,550
$45,790
CA
$37,330
$41,670
$46,690
CO
$38,050
$44,900
$49,710
CT
$37,450
$39,110
$42,920
DE
$34,790
$37,220
$46,890
FL
$30,820
$35,500
$44,250
GA
$36,730
$46,490
$52,430
HI
$34,040
$37,490
$44,630
IA
$43,640
$48,300
$59,280
ID
$39,990
$49,570
$57,680
IL
$39,000
$48,130
$57,200
IN
$35,700
$39,700
$47,820
KS
$38,050
$42,850
$50,690
KY
$37,090
$46,900
$52,430
LA
$29,260
$34,620
$37,040
MA
$34,010
$36,880
$43,750
MD
$35,190
$40,240
$51,550
ME
$37,210
$42,260
$48,670
MI
$35,030
$40,160
$47,490
MN
$35,940
$42,940
$51,420
MO
$41,570
$45,690
$54,120
MS
$34,870
$36,530
$44,840
MT
$33,280
$39,630
$47,150
NC
$32,490
$36,590
$44,160
ND
$39,280
$40,840
$45,750
NE
$38,760
$41,210
$48,700
NH
$35,230
$37,470
$44,030
NJ
$34,790
$38,250
$47,590
NM
$32,320
$37,390
$46,670
NV
$31,720
$41,120
$50,120
NY
$35,740
$38,470
$43,690
OH
$36,350
$44,590
$49,990
OK
$31,390
$36,320
$45,560
OR
$36,520
$39,850
$47,630
PA
$35,720
$39,920
$48,660
PR
$21,840
$22,270
$22,620
RI
$34,780
$39,250
$44,910
SC
$33,730
$37,070
$45,390
SD
$36,640
$39,200
$44,700
TN
$37,740
$42,610
$48,540
TX
$29,040
$37,500
$46,070
UT
$35,740
$41,390
$48,890
VA
$35,760
$41,080
$51,150
VT
$41,740
$50,180
$56,460
WA
$37,720
$42,710
$47,650
WI
$42,240
$48,360
$55,720
WV
$28,760
$34,660
$45,460
WY
$30,950
$38,430
$45,560
Other names
Other names for this job
almond paste mixer, back of house team member, batch blender, batch maker, batch mixer, batcher, batching operator, batter mixer, biscuit maker, blend operator, blender, blender operator.
This page is about the occupation Food Batchmakers. 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.