Where is it easiest to open: Coffee and Tea Manufacturing
40 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “SOC 51-9111” (soc) for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. 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 | 129 | 16.9 | $66,526 | not matched | — |
| TX | 68 | 13.7 | $44,935 | not matched | — |
| NY | 49 | 17.0 | $51,966 | not matched | — |
| OR | 47 | 17.3 | $66,862 | not matched | — |
| WA | 44 | 31.6 | $56,083 | not matched | — |
| FL | 41 | 10.7 | $60,159 | not matched | — |
| CO | 28 | 16.2 | $47,081 | not matched | — |
| PA | 23 | 10.0 | $66,201 | not matched | — |
| IL | 21 | 7.9 | $55,236 | not matched | — |
| LA | 18 | 50.7 | $76,825 | not matched | — |
| HI | 18 | 19.0 | $51,333 | not matched | — |
| MN | 18 | 11.6 | $51,736 | not matched | — |
| MI | 17 | 26.0 | $90,287 | not matched | — |
| VA | 16 | 61.8 | $72,967 | not matched | — |
| NJ | 15 | 33.4 | $81,250 | not matched | — |
| OH | 13 | 4.1 | $34,755 | not matched | — |
| NC | 13 | 8.1 | $37,648 | licence | Bottler |
| AZ | 11 | 7.4 | $37,840 | not matched | — |
| CT | 11 | 15.5 | $52,082 | not matched | — |
| WI | 11 | 117.5 | $60,874 | not matched | — |
| MA | 10 | 42.4 | $91,764 | not matched | — |
| VT | 8 | 21.0 | $50,875 | not matched | — |
| ID | 8 | 40.2 | $44,267 | not matched | — |
| MO | 8 | 25.1 | $53,746 | not matched | — |
| TN | 8 | 11.4 | $31,055 | not matched | — |
| RI | 7 | 17.3 | $83,537 | not matched | — |
| KY | 6 | 30.7 | $52,924 | not matched | — |
| NV | 6 | 5.8 | $28,543 | not matched | — |
| NM | 5 | 6.0 | $65,967 | not matched | — |
| OK | 5 | 6.8 | $23,765 | not matched | — |
| ME | 5 | 16.8 | $56,524 | not matched | — |
| MD | 4 | 8.2 | $18,030 | not matched | — |
| UT | 4 | 43.5 | $34,649 | not matched | — |
| SC | 4 | 12.8 | $41,608 | not matched | — |
| IN | 3 | 1.3 | $25,000 | not matched | — |
| NH | 3 | 4.7 | $22,714 | not matched | — |
| IA | 3 | 3.3 | $14,700 | not matched | — |
| MT | 3 | 13.3 | $27,475 | not matched | — |
| GA | 3 | 14.3 | $35,070 | not matched | — |
| DC | 3 | 12.7 | $59,684 | 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.