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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Tennessee

Considering working as a Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Tennessee? Here’s what you need to know. Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients. Excludes “Food Batchmakers” (51-3092).

What do Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Make in Tennessee?

For a mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders working in Tennessee, the median annual wage is $45,560 per year (or about $21.91/hour).Annual wages span from $36,070 at the 10th percentile to $58,690 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$36,070	$17.34
25th percentile	$39,090	$18.79
Median (50th)	$45,560	$21.91
75th percentile	$49,910	$24.00
90th percentile	$58,690	$28.21

The job concentration index in Tennessee nationwide is 1.02.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earn a median of $50,836 per year ($24.44/hour), lower than the Tennessee median.

Employment Outlook

National employment for 143,481 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders nationwide. In Tennessee alone, about 2,180 people work in this role. That’s more than the typical state, which employs around 1,240 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders.

Top Tennessee Metros for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

These are the Tennessee metros with the most mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Tennessee.

Metro Area	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN	520	$45,840
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	510	$47,820
Chattanooga, TN-GA	190	$46,870
Knoxville, TN	190	$43,490
Clarksville, TN-KY	150	$44,080
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	120	$42,390
Jackson, TN	90	$47,260
Morristown, TN	80	$39,090

Top States for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Employment

The table below shows the states where the most mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders work.

State	Number Employed
Texas	9,150
Illinois	7,900
California	6,860
Ohio	5,840
Pennsylvania	4,930
New York	4,550
North Carolina	4,020
Georgia	3,960
Indiana	3,760
Wisconsin	3,520
Florida	3,390
Michigan	3,080
South Carolina	2,860
Missouri	2,460
Alabama	2,340
Iowa	2,320
Tennessee	2,180
New Jersey	2,170
Washington	2,110
Virginia	2,000

Highest-Paying States for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

These states pay the most for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders.

State	Annual Median Salary
New Jersey	$58,850
Wyoming	$57,500
Washington	$54,040
Wisconsin	$53,600
Maine	$52,650
Maryland	$51,530
Minnesota	$51,460
New Hampshire	$50,290
Virginia	$50,270
South Carolina	$49,870

Skills

The most important mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Core knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Top abilities for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
• Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
• Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
• Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
• Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
• Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials, such as spices, dough batter, tobacco, fruit juices, chemicals, livestock feed, food products, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
• Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
• Record operational or production data on specified forms.
• Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
• Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Training and Teaching Others
• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Microsoft Excel

Related Careers

Related occupations to mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders include:

• Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Food Batchmakers
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Also Known As

Abrasive Mixer, Acetylene Cylinder Packing Mixer, Acid Adjuster, Acid Blower, Acid Mixer, Ammonia Worker, Asphalt Blender, Asphalt Mixer, Asphalt Mixing Machine Operator, Auger Mill Operator, Automatic Brine Mixer Operator, Banbury Machine Operator, Banbury Mill Operator, Banbury Mixer Operator, Banbury Operator.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-9023.00