Food Technologist Salary

Updated: 26 May 2012

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	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	NZ$0	NZ$26K	NZ$52K	NZ$78K
Salary	NZ$41,421 - NZ$70,710
Bonus	NZ$1,145 - NZ$6,805
Total Pay (? XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare). )	NZ$41,421 - NZ$75,439
Country: New Zealand \| Currency: NZD \| Updated: 26 May 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 31

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Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Jan 19	Senior Research Technologist - Cultured foods	Fonterra	Palmerston North
	high performing Cultured Foods team who are actively... role. Self-motivated with a postgraduate degree in food science, technology, engineering or a related... Indeed
Jan 18	Senior Research Technologist - Cultured foods	Fonterra
	high performing Cultured Foods team who are actively... role. Self-motivated with a postgraduate degree in food science, technology, engineering or a related... Indeed

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Food Manufacturing	NZ$41,607 - NZ$67,534
Dairy Products	NZ$41,307 - NZ$67,285
Poultry Processing	NZ$41,607 - NZ$67,534
Bakery	NZ$41,607 - NZ$67,534

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Key Statistics for Food Technologist Salaries and Jobs

Gender

	Female 71%			Male 29%
Salary:	NZ$43,549 - NZ$61,042			Not enough data

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

10%

1-4 years

55%

5-9 years

26%

10-19 years

20 years or more

Top Degrees

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Bachelor's Degree	NZ$44,491 - NZ$57,500
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Food Science	Not enough data
Bachelor of Technology (BT / BTech), Food Science & Technology	Not enough data

Most Common Health Benefits

	Medical: 38%		Dental: n/a
	Vision: n/a		None: 62%

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Food Technologist Job Description

People with the job title Food Technologist typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Food Scientists and Technologists

Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food.