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Where is it easiest to open: Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
19 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “SOC 51-3092” (soc) for Food Batchmakers. A blank gate means NO RECORD MATCHED, which is not the same as no licence.
| State | Operators | Avg staff | Pay / employee | Gate | Licence titles matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 75 | 19.3 | $64,965 | not matched | — |
| FL | 49 | 12.0 | $38,071 | not matched | — |
| IL | 25 | 17.8 | $76,315 | not matched | — |
| TX | 19 | 16.9 | $32,685 | not matched | — |
| NJ | 17 | 4.5 | $16,316 | not matched | — |
| NY | 13 | 48.1 | $55,768 | not matched | — |
| MA | 8 | 14.8 | $43,322 | not matched | — |
| WA | 7 | 20.3 | $59,880 | not matched | — |
| CO | 7 | 19.1 | $39,112 | not matched | — |
| HI | 7 | 16.1 | $53,973 | not matched | — |
| MI | 7 | 13.9 | $11,124 | not matched | — |
| OR | 6 | 60.5 | $46,132 | not matched | — |
| OH | 4 | 178.0 | $39,483 | not matched | — |
| GA | 3 | 21.3 | $49,781 | not matched | — |
| CT | 3 | 7.3 | $42,591 | not matched | — |
| UT | 3 | 38.3 | $41,852 | not matched | — |
| NV | 3 | 177.7 | $54,244 | not matched | — |
| AZ | 3 | 29.0 | $74,885 | not matched | — |
| MD | 3 | 34.7 | $25,442 | not matched | — |
Axes are shown side by side and deliberately NOT collapsed into a ranking. A composite would be a score with no measured interval, and an unmeasured score is the thing this product exists to argue against. A high licence gate is a cost to enter and a moat once cleared — which of those matters more is the operator's call, not ours.
Licence data courtesy of CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Free to read, no account, always — a condition of the data licence as well as our own position.