Where is it easiest to open: Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing
17 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 | 40 | 90.8 | $82,193 | not matched | — |
| IL | 14 | 50.3 | $79,798 | not matched | — |
| NY | 10 | 8.0 | $86,912 | not matched | — |
| TX | 8 | 181.5 | $44,960 | not matched | — |
| OR | 8 | 47.2 | $49,566 | not matched | — |
| ME | 6 | 40.8 | $61,286 | not matched | — |
| OH | 4 | 101.2 | $128,931 | not matched | — |
| AZ | 4 | 17.0 | $57,632 | not matched | — |
| TN | 3 | 61.7 | $55,919 | not matched | — |
| WA | 3 | 8.3 | $25,960 | not matched | — |
| FL | 3 | 1.0 | $41,667 | not matched | — |
| GA | 3 | 85.3 | $98,465 | not matched | — |
| LA | 3 | 112.0 | $53,211 | not matched | — |
| MD | 3 | 40.0 | $72,950 | not matched | — |
| MA | 3 | 12.0 | $61,750 | not matched | — |
| MO | 3 | 139.0 | $68,168 | not matched | — |
| NC | 3 | 75.7 | $64,159 | licence | Bottler |
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.