Vocational Programs for Bakers Career

The role of Bakers is to mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $35,550 and $17 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Bakers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 220,230 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Bakers is $24,241. The average length of the programs is 326 hours and the average completion time is 13.09 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Bakers Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Bakers. Total 189 schools are offering certificate programs. If you want to check schools for bachelor's or graduate degrees, check Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef page.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Bakers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	189	$24,241	$1,201	326 Hours	13.09 Months

Related Occupations to Bakers Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Bakers.

Related Occupations toBakers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Chefs and Head Cooks	172K	$62,640	$30
Cooks, Fast Food	673K	$29,760	$14
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	436K	$35,920	$17
Cooks, Restaurant	1,412K	$36,060	$17
Cooks, Short Order	126K	$33,920	$16
Food Preparation Workers	880K	$32,960	$16
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Butchers and Meat Cutters	136K	$39,680	$19
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	106K	$47,950	$23
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	645K	$35,450	$17

Schools offering vocational programs for Bakers

The following 186 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Bakers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.