Artisan Baker
Runs fermentation and ovens to a daily rhythm. The work rewards process discipline more than invention.
- Pay band (est.)
- $37k–$48k
- Time to competence
- 4 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- kitchen
- Leverage
- medium
- Place constraint
- low
- Physical demand
- 72/100
- Hours burden
- 78/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play61th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge29th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage49th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand61th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay1th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body12th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy28th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit77th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility47th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill79th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance31th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Pre-dawn starts permanently; thin margins on flour and rent.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is low. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 78/100 and people intensity 45/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Bakers (51-3011): median $36,650, 90th percentile $48,260. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +5.5%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.