Food Processing Workers, All Other
Production Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-3099.00
All food processing workers not listed separately.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.15· 2 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 7514Fruit, Vegetable and Related Preservers0.15
- ISCO-08 8160Food and Related Products Machine Operators0.15
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
The OpenAI rubric has no rated tasks for this occupation code.
Tasks
The O*NET® 31.0 Database lists no task statements for this occupation.
"What work can robots do?" (Anthropic) has no robot exposure value for this occupation. This does not mean 0.
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 67K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 71K
- Change (2025–35)
- +5.5%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $39,680
- Typical education needed for entry
- No formal educational credential
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71051 | 김치 제조 종사원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 71052 | 밑반찬 제조 종사원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 71060 | 도시락 제조원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 71091 | 건강원 및 탕제원 종사원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 71092 | 수산물 가공 및 염장원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 81906 | 건강식품 가공기 조작원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 71099 | 그 외 식품 가공 관련 기능 종사원 | Overlapping, not the same | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 7514Fruit, Vegetable and Related Preservers
- ISCO-08 8160Food and Related Products Machine Operators
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- blanching operatorESCO 8160.4This occupation is broader
Blanching operators remove outer coverings or skins from almonds and nuts in general. They cut leaves and impurities of raw material and control the flow of nuts, seeds, and/or leaves in the process. They use pressure and temperature to blanch the raw material if necessary.
- cellar operatorESCO 8160.13This occupation is broader
Fermentation cellar operators take charge of fermentation and maturation tanks. They control fermentation process of wort inoculated with yeast. They tend equipment that cools and adds yeast to wort as to produce beer. For the purpose, they control the flow of refrigeration that goes through cool coils regulating the temperature of hot wort in the tanks.
- chocolate moulding operatorESCO 8160.16This occupation is broader
Chocolate moulding operators tend machines and equipment that pour tempered chocolate into moulds to form bars, blocks, and other shapes of chococlate. They monitor machines to ensure that moulds do not jam.
- cider fermentation operatorESCO 8160.17This occupation is broader
Cider fermentation operators control the fermentation process of mash or wort inoculated with yeast.
- cocoa mill operatorESCO 8160.20This occupation is broader
Cocoa mill operators tend machines to pulverise cacao beans into powder of specified fineness. They use air classification systems that separate powder based on its density. Moreover, they weigh, bag, and stack the product.
- cocoa press operatorESCO 8160.21This occupation is broader
Cocoa press operators tend one or more hydraulic cocoa presses to remove specified amounts of cocoa butter (natural oil of cocoa bean) from chocolate liquor.
- coffee grinderESCO 8160.22This occupation is broader
Coffee grinders operate grinding machines to grind coffee beans to specified fineness.
- dairy products makerESCO 7513.1This occupation is broader
Dairy products makers artisanally process raw milk to make dairy products such as butter, cheese, cream and milk.
- fish production operatorESCO 8160.32This occupation is broader
Fish production operators regulate and supervise fish product manufacturing facilities. They keep stock of all required ingredients and equipment for mass manufacturing. They also perform processes such as moulding, breading, frying, freezing, setting the system's temperature and checking speeds.
- fruit and vegetable cannerESCO 8160.36This occupation is broader
Fruit and vegetable canners tend machines to prepare industrial products based on fruits and vegetables for storage or shipping. They perform a wide range of tasks such as sorting, grading, washing, peeling, trimming, and slicing. Moreover, they follow procedures for canning, freezing, preserving, packing food products.
- fruit-press operatorESCO 8160.35This occupation is broader
Fruit-press operators tend power presses to extract juice from fruits. For the purpose, they spread fruit evenly in cloth before tending the press and keep filter bags between sections in the machines ready for the extraction process. They are in charge of removing filter bags or pull cart from press and dump fruit pulp residue into containers.
- honey extractorESCO 8160.38This occupation is broader
Honey extractors operate machines to extract liquid honey from honeycombs. They place decapped honeycombs in honey-extracting machine baskets to empty honeycombs.
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Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| H2109 | Pilote d'installation automatisée en industrie alimentaire | This occupation is broader |
| A1443 | Cidrier / Cidrière | Related, not a match |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
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