Food Science Technicians Career

The role of Food Science Technicians is to work with food scientists or technologists to perform standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to determine physical or chemical properties of food or beverage products.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $54,000 and $26 per hour. 10 vocational programs could be taken for the Food Science Technicians career. Based on BLS data, a total of 15,190 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Science Technicians Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Food Science Technicians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agricultural and Food Products Processing	13	$31,072	-	-	-
Food Science	12	$31,224	-	-	-
Food Technology and Processing	10	$24,847	-	-	-
Brewing Science	14	$45,191	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	$17,048	-	-	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	4	$27,513	-	-	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	29	$31,918	-	541 Hours	22.00 Months
Biochemistry	2	$37,949	-	-	-
Microbiology	1	$27,444	-	-	-
Chemistry	20	$33,413	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Food Science Technicians Career

The following 18 occupations are related to Food Science Technicians.

Related Occupations toFood Science Technicians
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	73,020	$66,640	$32
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	13,220	$67,360	$32
Food Scientists and Technologists	14,100	$88,350	$42
Chemists	83,530	$95,560	$46
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Chemical Technicians	55,880	$60,920	$29
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	72,230	$62,640	$30
Agricultural Inspectors	12,660	$52,170	$25
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
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
Chemical Plant and System Operators	17,980	$79,450	$38
Plant and System Operators, All Other	15,370	$59,890	$29
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	585K	$49,260	$24

Vocational Programs for Food Science Technicians Career

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$25.96

$54,000

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Science Technicians Career

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