A variety of equipment is used by bakers, including: Baker's peel – A large, flat paddle, either wood or metal, used to slide loaves into and out of an oven Rolling pin – A tool used to roll and flatten dough Flour scoops – A tool used to add, remove, or measure flour Brushes – A tool used to brush off excess flour from dough, and for glazing Flour mills – A tool used to mill grains; may be either hand-cranked or mechanical Employment statistics United States According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, there were 185,300 bakers in the U.S. in 2014, with median pay of $23,600 per year or $11.35 per hour. About 28% of U.S. bakers work in stand-alone bakeries or in tortilla manufacturing; 26% work in grocery stores; 15% work in restaurants and other eating places; and 5% were self-employed. About 30% of U.S. bakers worked part-time in 2014. Gallery See also Bagel Bakers Local 338 Bakehouse (building) Baker's percentage Baker's yeast, what bakers commonly use to make doughs rise Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union Bread machine, a home appliance to make single, basic loaves of bread Cake shop Chorleywood bread process, a process developed to make bread dough from the lower protein wheats of England Coffee cake, simple cakes made for everyday use such as for breakfast or as snacks List of baked goods List of bakers List of bakeries List of restaurant terminology Pastry chef, someone who specializes in the making and baking of pastries, desserts, and other elaborate sweets Pâtisserie, a bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets, in some countries this is a legal distinction Proofing (baking technique) Sliced bread, involves the industrial development of bread slicing machines Vienna bread, developed with processes that were early steps in the modernization of bread production White bread August Zang, Austrian soldier who started a bakery in Paris and introduced Viennese steam ovens and pastries there References Artisans Baking Chefs Culinary terminology Food services occupations Restaurant terminology