Commercial Baker Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

A count of all the commercial bakers in the US adds up to about 149,000 positions. The jobless rate for workers is rated as high. Approximately 5% of employees were not able to obtain work in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Commercial bakers are most common (per capita) in Haverhill (Massachusetts), Michigan City (Indiana), and Carson City (Nevada), and least common in Montgomery (Alabama), Columbia (South Carolina), and Corpus Christi (Texas).

Auburn (Alabama), Stockton (California), and Sioux City (Iowa) offer the highest pay for this career, and Longview (Texas), El Paso (Texas), and Monroe (Louisiana) offer the lowest salaries.

Training and Education

Long-term on-the-job training is suggested for those who want to pursue this career. About 8% of commercial bakers have earned a degree. Those that started college, but did not earn a bachelor's degree, represent about 22% of workers. Employees with a high school education, but no college education, are about 70% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government stats show that 22% of commercial bakers are working part-time. Workers who are self-employed total about 4%.

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Commercial Bakers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of commercial bakers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for commercial bakers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$23,000	260
Mobile	$22,000	150
Auburn	$34,000	100
Huntsville	$23,000	70
Montgomery	$20,000	40

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$33,000	180

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$25,000	2,380
Tucson	$27,000	350
Yuma	$20,000	100
Prescott	$27,000	70
Kingman	$23,000	60
Flagstaff	$25,000	40

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fayetteville	$21,000	260
Little Rock	$18,000	220
Fort Smith	$17,000	70

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Ana	$24,000	1,890
San Francisco	$31,000	1,640
Oakland	$28,000	1,600
Riverside	$25,000	1,520
San Diego	$26,000	1,500
San Jose	$27,000	1,130
Sacramento	$34,000	930
Oxnard	$25,000	380
Santa Rosa	$32,000	340
Fresno	$30,000	280
Salinas	$29,000	210
Stockton	$35,000	190
Vallejo	$26,000	180
Santa Cruz	$27,000	170
Santa Barbara	$27,000	170
Bakersfield	$29,000	160
Modesto	$26,000	140
San Luis Obispo	$32,000	120
Chico	$29,000	90
Visalia	$24,000	80
Redding	$28,000	40

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$28,000	1,550
Colorado Springs	$24,000	340
Boulder	$26,000	220
Fort Collins	$24,000	110
Pueblo	$25,000	70
Greeley	$23,000	40
Grand Junction	$25,000	30

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$26,000	600
Bridgeport	$29,000	360
New Haven	$30,000	260
Norwich	$25,000	160
Waterbury	$24,000	120
Danbury	$31,000	70

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$27,000	220
Dover	$19,000	60

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$28,000	2,180

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Miami	$23,000	970
Tampa	$23,000	740
Orlando	$22,000	710
West Palm Beach	$26,000	670
Jacksonville	$23,000	530
Fort Lauderdale	$29,000	460
Cape Coral	$25,000	220
Gainesville	$18,000	130
Port St Lucie	$22,000	130
Naples	$27,000	130
Deltona		100
Fort Walton Beach	$27,000	60
Tallahassee	$22,000	60
Ocala	$22,000	50
Sebastian	$22,000	50
Palm Bay	$23,000	50
Lakeland	$22,000	50

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$24,000	2,370
Gainesville	$21,000	130
Columbus		90
Athens	$19,000	90
Valdosta	$21,000	50
Warner Robins	$19,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$28,000	1,040

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$25,000	260
Coeur Dalene	$26,000	50
Lewiston	$26,000	30

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$24,000	6,560
Peoria	$23,000	190
Springfield	$22,000	130
Champaign	$25,000	110
Rockford	$23,000	100
Bloomington	$20,000	40
Kankakee	$24,000	40

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$24,000	670
Gary	$24,000	360
Evansville		260
Fort Wayne	$25,000	140
Michigan City	$25,000	140
Elkhart	$20,000	120
South Bend	$22,000	120
Lafayette	$22,000	70
Bloomington	$20,000	70
Columbus	$28,000	70
Terre Haute	$20,000	50
Muncie	$17,000	40

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Davenport	$23,000	230
Des Moines	$25,000	200
Sioux City	$32,000	130
Cedar Rapids	$23,000	70
Waterloo	$21,000	60
Ames	$25,000	40

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$19,000	220
Lawrence	$19,000	80
Topeka	$22,000	50

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$20,000	320
Owensboro		120
Lexington	$18,000	90

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$21,000	470
Baton Rouge	$24,000	320
Houma	$18,000	250
Alexandria	$22,000	130
Shreveport	$21,000	110
Lafayette	$21,000	100
Lake Charles	$20,000	80
Monroe	$16,000	40

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$25,000	210
Lewiston	$25,000	50
Bangor	$23,000	50

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$29,000	1,130
Bethesda	$30,000	690
Hagerstown	$18,000	70

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$28,000	2,230
Springfield	$29,000	310
Haverhill	$23,000	270
Worcester	$28,000	230
Lawrence	$24,000	150
Framingham	$31,000	150
Barnstable Town	$25,000	110
Brockton	$24,000	80
Lowell	$32,000	70
New Bedford	$25,000	50
Pittsfield	$29,000	50
Taunton	$28,000	40

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$26,000	860
Detroit	$26,000	710
Grand Rapids	$20,000	620
Ann Arbor	$22,000	370
Muskegon	$20,000	110
Lansing	$25,000	100
Flint	$23,000	100
Kalamazoo	$23,000	100
Saginaw	$21,000	90
Holland	$23,000	90
Battle Creek	$19,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$27,000	1,440
St Cloud	$27,000	140
Duluth	$23,000	110
Rochester	$28,000	70

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$21,000	250
Gulfport	$23,000	70

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$23,000	1,470
Kansas City	$23,000	950
Springfield	$21,000	220
St Joseph	$21,000	70
Columbia	$21,000	70
Jefferson City	$21,000	50
Joplin	$21,000	40

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$23,000	140
Missoula	$25,000	100
Great Falls	$22,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$24,000	360
Lincoln	$24,000	110

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$29,000	1,530
Reno	$27,000	250
Carson City	$19,000	80

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$26,000	100
Rochester	$27,000	30

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$26,000	850
Edison	$30,000	780
Camden	$28,000	540
Atlantic City	$27,000	280
Trenton	$25,000	190
Vineland	$31,000	60
Ocean City	$28,000	30

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$23,000	610
Las Cruces	$23,000	160
Santa Fe	$24,000	100
Farmington	$18,000	50

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$27,000	5,530
Nassau	$38,000	1,460
Buffalo	$23,000	800
Rochester	$24,000	630
Albany	$26,000	520
Poughkeepsie	$26,000	370
Syracuse	$23,000	370
Utica	$21,000	310
Kingston	$24,000	190
Binghamton	$22,000	100
Ithaca	$24,000	70
Glens Falls	$26,000	50
Elmira	$26,000	40

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Raleigh	$24,000	570
Charlotte	$24,000	530
Asheville	$21,000	260
Greensboro	$22,000	250
Wilmington	$20,000	240
Winston Salem	$23,000	240
Durham	$22,000	200
Hickory	$27,000	140
Rocky Mount	$24,000	90
Fayetteville	$19,000	60
Goldsboro	$26,000	40

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$23,000	160
Grand Forks	$24,000	50
Bismarck	$20,000	40

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$24,000	1,270
Columbus	$24,000	940
Cincinnati	$26,000	880
Dayton	$24,000	450
Akron	$22,000	280
Youngstown	$22,000	250
Toledo	$22,000	220
Canton	$21,000	140
Lima	$25,000	80
Mansfield	$19,000	50

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$22,000	560
Tulsa	$22,000	290
Lawton	$18,000	40

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$28,000	1,510
Eugene	$25,000	230
Salem	$25,000	160
Medford	$26,000	150
Bend	$28,000	110

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$28,000	2,590
Pittsburgh	$23,000	1,940
Allentown	$24,000	590
Lancaster	$25,000	590
Scranton	$23,000	490
Harrisburg	$23,000	320
York	$28,000	290
Erie	$24,000	210
Reading	$22,000	190
Williamsport	$31,000	100
Johnstown	$24,000	90
Lebanon	$22,000	80
Altoona	$21,000	80
State College	$23,000	70

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$29,000	860

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Greenville	$20,000	330
Charleston	$21,000	280
Columbia	$23,000	70
Spartanburg	$19,000	40

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$24,000	90
Rapid City	$21,000	50

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$25,000	370
Nashville	$23,000	330
Knoxville	$21,000	190
Cleveland	$25,000	100
Kingsport	$20,000	60
Johnson City	$17,000	40
Morristown	$19,000	40

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$21,000	1,790
Dallas	$23,000	1,210
Fort Worth	$20,000	990
Austin	$22,000	470
San Antonio	$24,000	460
El Paso	$17,000	360
Mcallen	$18,000	230
Brownsville	$18,000	160
Laredo	$18,000	90
Longview	$17,000	90
Tyler		90
Lubbock	$20,000	90
Amarillo	$19,000	80
Waco	$21,000	70
Beaumont	$20,000	70
College Station	$29,000	50
Abilene	$24,000	40
Killeen	$18,000	40
Victoria	$17,000	40
Corpus Christi	$19,000	30
Midland	$20,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$25,000	770
Ogden	$23,000	360
Provo	$24,000	200
Logan	$22,000	60
St George	$23,000	60

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$27,000	280

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$24,000	310
Richmond	$24,000	240
Roanoke	$21,000	170
Lynchburg	$18,000	70

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$32,000	1,910
Spokane	$31,000	370
Tacoma	$34,000	260
Bellingham	$28,000	190
Bremerton	$30,000	110
Olympia	$30,000	100
Wenatchee	$25,000	90
Mount Vernon	$30,000	60
Yakima	$27,000	60
Longview		40
Kennewick	$31,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$21,000	80
Morgantown	$21,000	60
Wheeling		50

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$24,000	790
Madison	$25,000	390
Green Bay	$23,000	250
Racine	$21,000	160
La Crosse	$26,000	100
Eau Claire	$24,000	100
Sheboygan	$23,000	70
Oshkosh	$23,000	70
Janesville	$26,000	50
Fond	$27,000	50
Wausau	$25,000	40

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$21,000	40

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