Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+5.3% by 2034)
- 6,500 openings/yr
- Median pay $38,420/yr
Food Processing Workers, All Other
Occupation · SOC 51-3099.00
All food processing workers not listed separately.
Also called: Olive Pitter · Pasta Press Operator · Poultry Hanger · Yeast Maker
Job family: Production Occupations
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/roles/role-51-3099-00/context.md directly.
AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
about 6,500 openings a year (+5.3% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
This is a broad “All Other” catch-all that groups many different jobs, so treat the figures below as a rough average for the category, not a precise estimate for any single role within it.
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +5.3% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 6,500 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 58,700 → 61,800 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international 2 occupations below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Food Processing Workers, All Other sits at the 18th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure rose from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
15% mean task exposure (2025)
18th percentile of 427 placed occupations
+2 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Related Products Machine Operators · 8160 | 15% | Not exposed |
| Fruit, Vegetable and Related Preservers · 7514 | 15% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
How to get in
- Typical entry-level education
- No formal educational credential · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $30,290 |
| 25th percentile | $35,360 |
| Median (50th) | $38,420 |
| 75th percentile | $43,020 |
| 90th percentile | $47,470 |
| People employed | 57,920 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing · Sector | 40,370 | $39,020 |
| Retail Trade · Sector | 11,760 | $38,350 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 2,100 | $35,500 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 1,980 | $35,260 |
| Temporary Help Services · National industry | 1,700 | $35,270 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting · Sector | 460 | $35,330 |
| Transportation and Warehousing · Sector | 90 | $44,170 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | — | $43,370 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | — | $37,220 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing · Sector | 8.42× | 40,370 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting · Sector | 2.89× | 460 |
| Retail Trade · Sector | 2.01× | 11,760 |
| Temporary Help Services · National industry | 1.71× | 1,700 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 0.93× | 2,100 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 0.58× | 1,980 |
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Food Processing Workers, All Other — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- No formal educational credential · typical entry level
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 18th percentile of 427 international occupations.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Food Processing Workers, All Other: $38,420 median pay, employment about average through 2034
- The occupation is projected to see about 6,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+5.3%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $38,420, across about 57,920 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Food Processing Workers, All Other: $38,420 median pay, employment about average through 2034 • The occupation is projected to see about 6,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+5.3%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $38,420, across about 57,920 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Food Processing Workers, All Other". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-3099-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Plain
Singulariki. "Food Processing Workers, All Other." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-3099-00
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Food Processing Workers, All Other. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-3099-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-51-3099-00,
title = {Food Processing Workers, All Other},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-3099-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.