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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders salary in Houston, TX

The median food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $35,860 a year, 20% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,583 a month.

10th percentile
$24,650
25th percentile
$28,940
Median percentile
$35,860
75th percentile
$43,640
90th percentile
$47,810

Based on 230 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$30,994 take-home a year
Gross pay$35,860
Federal income tax−$2,123
Social Security + Medicare−$2,743
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,583
Every two weeks$1,192

Does it go far here?

$36,358Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
55%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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