Winery worker vs pasteurizer

The differences between winery workers and pasteurizers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a pasteurizer has an average salary of $35,129, which is higher than the $31,692 average annual salary of a winery worker.

The top three skills for a winery worker include wine, harvest and GMP. The most important skills for a pasteurizer are food safety, troubleshoot, and PPE.

Winery worker vs pasteurizer overview

	Winery Worker	Pasteurizer
Yearly salary	$31,692	$35,129
Hourly rate	$15.24	$16.89
Growth rate	6%	-
Number of jobs	24,452	1,270
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	-	-

Winery worker vs pasteurizer salary

Winery workers and pasteurizers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Winery Worker	Pasteurizer
Average salary	$31,692	$35,129
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $39,000	Between $26,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	Santa Rosa, CA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	AEG	-
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	-

Differences between winery worker and pasteurizer education

There are a few differences between a winery worker and a pasteurizer in terms of educational background:

	Winery Worker	Pasteurizer
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Winery worker vs pasteurizer demographics

Here are the differences between winery workers' and pasteurizers' demographics:

	Winery Worker	Pasteurizer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 76.4% Female, 23.6%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 1.4% White, 68.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 1.5% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between winery worker and pasteurizer duties and responsibilities

Winery worker example responsibilities.

Manage and instruct workers in the art of food preparation as culinary team leader.
Operate equipment to clarify and filter manufacture goods, make additions to wine, blend and transfer wine and concentrates.
Machine operator/Forklift driver- operating wine bottling machines, driving forklift, and cleaning machines
Operate RF scanning equipment to account and inventory manufacture products.

Pasteurizer example responsibilities.

Follow all: OSHA, GMP, HACCP, and plant policies and procedures while achieving production goals.
Measure sanitizing chemicals, heating up temperature to operate CIP mode silos, production lines cylinders, and flavor tanks.
Maintain a clean work area following housekeeping and GMP guidelines.
Sample batches being work on and submit them to QC for approval or adjusting.
Lock out tag out equipment and ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems with limit help from maintenance.
Maintain time/temp logs for HTST press systems, conduct fat and solids tests on all finish product.

Winery worker vs pasteurizer skills

Common winery worker skills

Wine, 48%
Harvest, 33%
GMP, 4%
Chemical Additions, 4%
Pallets, 3%
Safety Procedures, 3%

Common pasteurizer skills

Food Safety, 31%
Troubleshoot, 22%
PPE, 15%
Htst, 8%
Silos, 8%
GMP, 7%