Food Preparation Workers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Food Preparation Workers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$34,220

National average

Salary Range

$23,490 – $44,260

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Food Preparation Workers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$44,120$38,150$49,170
Napa, CA$43,260$35,200$60,450
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$42,830$33,490$77,040
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$41,980$33,860$52,730
Boulder, CO$41,490$35,000$50,270
Greeley, CO$41,340$30,890$46,310
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$40,810$35,300$49,530
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$40,220$30,840$56,160
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$39,660$35,360$50,200
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$39,360$33,860$51,220
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$39,300$33,390$48,230
Washington$38,950$33,860$50,610
Salinas, CA$38,670$35,220$48,600
Colorado$38,670$31,930$48,380
District of Columbia$38,440$36,400$45,490
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,390$30,770$51,120
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$38,270$33,760$47,260
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$38,240$31,030$46,920
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$38,200$34,030$46,840
California$38,150$34,840$47,910
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$38,130$34,690$47,050
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$38,090$34,310$52,120
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$38,070$30,820$49,260
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$38,060$29,700$60,960
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$37,990$33,280$46,040
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$37,920$34,450$49,280
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$37,810$33,860$48,610
Vallejo, CA$37,790$34,840$46,960
Massachusetts$37,780$34,310$50,580
Barnstable Town, MA$37,780$32,740$50,970
Colorado Springs, CO$37,630$30,460$47,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$37,580$35,270$47,860
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$37,570$33,860$49,680
Carson City, NV$37,510$25,900$46,140
Kennewick-Richland, WA$37,330$33,970$44,850
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$37,330$33,860$45,350
Longview-Kelso, WA$37,320$33,860$43,340
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,290$33,990$45,950
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$37,270$33,860$45,500
Hawaii$37,240$29,830$62,780
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$37,180$34,130$47,670
Bellingham, WA$37,160$33,860$48,100
Vermont$37,030$31,290$48,170
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,030$33,800$45,220
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$37,010$34,270$46,190
Naples-Marco Island, FL$36,980$28,910$45,360
Portland-South Portland, ME$36,980$31,580$45,840
Urban Honolulu, HI$36,960$29,820$61,680
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$36,890$34,060$47,000
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$36,850$30,700$47,840
Fairbanks-College, AK$36,830$30,130$43,670
Alaska$36,710$29,650$46,840
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$36,570$33,860$46,220
Stockton-Lodi, CA$36,540$33,280$46,560
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$36,540$31,610$47,840
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$36,520$33,220$45,980
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$36,490$33,280$49,660
Anchorage, AK$36,480$29,630$46,870
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$36,460$30,740$48,170
Worcester, MA$36,430$33,790$46,650
Oregon$36,390$30,520$44,290
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,350$26,760$43,190
Minot, ND$36,340$29,870$37,800
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$36,330$31,940$48,540
Modesto, CA$36,320$33,340$47,770
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$36,300$33,280$50,550
Bend, OR$36,230$30,910$46,530
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$36,230$33,860$47,380
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$36,220$29,440$44,650
Fresno, CA$36,220$33,280$47,260
Grand Junction, CO$36,140$29,990$44,170
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,140$30,040$37,710
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$36,120$33,830$44,010
Flagstaff, AZ$36,110$31,480$44,010
Salem, OR$36,100$30,780$44,940
Yakima, WA$36,040$33,860$44,450
New York$36,030$31,550$47,040
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$36,020$31,310$43,570
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$36,010$30,110$43,140
Ithaca, NY$35,990$31,200$44,150
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$35,980$26,870$47,520
Springfield, MA$35,960$31,640$46,950
Pittsfield, MA$35,950$31,730$47,400
Yuba City, CA$35,910$33,280$42,530
Bismarck, ND$35,850$30,140$44,200
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$35,830$29,890$49,830
Pueblo, CO$35,820$29,990$45,100
Albany, OR$35,800$30,250$43,320
El Centro, CA$35,780$33,280$51,630
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$35,750$26,230$44,520
Maine$35,730$30,270$44,520
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$35,720$33,280$41,600
Bozeman, MT$35,720$29,800$44,150
North Dakota$35,700$30,040$43,350
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$35,700$27,460$38,980
Chico, CA$35,680$33,280$44,770
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$35,660$29,310$46,190
Grants Pass, OR$35,640$30,920$42,920
New Haven, CT$35,630$32,640$66,030
Jacksonville, FL$35,630$28,870$38,310
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$35,620$28,180$43,240
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$35,600$28,060$38,070
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$35,520$31,200$44,940
Port St. Lucie, FL$35,510$28,020$43,090
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,490$32,640$37,540
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$35,490$27,770$43,010
Arizona$35,480$30,710$42,850
Punta Gorda, FL$35,470$28,580$41,030
Rhode Island$35,460$29,200$50,640
Connecticut$35,420$32,640$45,420
Ann Arbor, MI$35,400$26,350$43,590
Rochester, MN$35,380$28,350$47,270
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$35,370$33,860$43,800
Bangor, ME$35,370$30,490$42,940
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$35,360$28,030$38,400
Medford, OR$35,320$30,080$43,240
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$35,310$31,200$43,800
Corvallis, OR$35,300$29,840$39,400
Madison, WI$35,260$26,370$45,370
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$35,260$24,280$46,990
Fargo, ND-MN$35,250$27,760$44,710
Eugene-Springfield, OR$35,210$29,750$42,050
Lewiston, ID-WA$35,210$21,650$43,320
Florida$35,190$27,690$41,580
Kingston, NY$35,180$31,200$45,760
New Hampshire$35,170$26,420$44,260
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$35,170$26,100$42,600
Merced, CA$35,140$33,280$48,620
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$35,130$27,350$41,850
Redding, CA$35,090$33,280$42,700
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$35,050$31,470$44,790
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$35,040$32,640$37,590
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$35,020$29,120$44,830
Cheyenne, WY$34,990$19,760$42,400
St. Louis, MO-IL$34,940$28,900$39,510
Columbus, OH$34,930$27,500$42,500
Coeur d'Alene, ID$34,920$20,210$41,280
Santa Fe, NM$34,910$29,350$42,040
New Jersey$34,910$31,470$46,570
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$34,910$31,200$45,140
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$34,880$27,080$39,900
Minnesota$34,820$28,590$45,620
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$34,820$28,050$43,310
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$34,780$29,920$41,790
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$34,750$32,640$38,300
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$34,740$31,200$46,520
Grand Forks, ND-MN$34,640$27,690$40,280
Visalia, CA$34,630$33,280$44,260
Walla Walla, WA$34,580$33,860$43,740
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$34,540$26,100$40,950
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$34,530$32,640$42,030
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$34,490$29,850$37,100
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$34,480$31,200$45,140
Mankato, MN$34,460$28,230$42,590
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$34,460$27,910$41,420
Tucson, AZ$34,430$30,400$37,510
Wyoming$34,380$24,130$42,400
Syracuse, NY$34,340$31,200$42,960
Maryland$34,310$31,200$44,160
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$34,310$30,550$41,900
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$34,300$31,470$43,210
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$34,270$31,200$42,640
Rochester, NY$34,260$31,200$43,100
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$34,250$26,860$39,580
Glens Falls, NY$34,240$31,200$42,430
Binghamton, NY$34,220$31,200$41,930
Illinois$34,180$29,120$44,610
Boise City, ID$34,140$20,030$42,850
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$34,120$30,920$41,390
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$34,100$31,200$43,570
Gainesville, GA$34,090$26,340$41,710
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$34,090$29,240$40,130
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,010$26,810$40,730
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$34,000$26,750$41,310
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$33,950$23,810$48,820
Nevada$33,910$24,340$48,640
Gainesville, FL$33,860$27,900$38,740
Akron, OH$33,840$25,830$40,560
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$33,780$23,610$38,660
Casper, WY$33,760$25,720$38,180
Charlottesville, VA$33,760$27,620$42,880
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,740$27,050$37,970
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$33,730$22,910$42,680
Lincoln, NE$33,690$27,970$38,040
Ogden, UT$33,680$25,400$42,040
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$33,680$29,130$42,140
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$33,650$25,360$42,810
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$33,550$25,790$44,020
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$33,550$29,920$36,130
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$33,510$27,830$45,250
Utica-Rome, NY$33,470$31,200$41,600
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$33,460$29,990$47,880
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,390$27,600$39,740
Yuma, AZ$33,370$29,850$37,290
Kenosha, WI$33,320$25,960$43,170
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$33,310$26,310$43,040
Ocala, FL$33,280$27,650$38,320
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$33,280$28,100$44,030
Vineland, NJ$33,280$31,470$45,060
Delaware$33,280$28,580$41,260
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$33,280$26,710$42,780
Omaha, NE-IA$33,250$27,770$39,110
Asheville, NC$33,190$23,740$37,660
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$33,150$29,130$38,610
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$33,120$23,280$39,500
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$33,070$31,200$42,000
Reno, NV$33,040$25,060$48,440
Eau Claire, WI$33,040$23,940$39,860
Manchester-Nashua, NH$33,030$24,640$41,020
Duluth, MN-WI$33,010$27,290$40,060
Homosassa Springs, FL$32,900$25,100$38,590
Georgia$32,890$24,600$38,230
Elmira, NY$32,820$31,200$38,850
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$32,810$29,850$36,920
Michigan$32,810$25,910$39,830
Wisconsin$32,810$23,910$42,370
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$32,770$24,490$40,570
Tallahassee, FL$32,760$26,710$39,200
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$32,670$26,730$41,800
Savannah, GA$32,550$23,920$38,130
Nebraska$32,420$27,770$38,050
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$32,400$23,380$39,930
Toledo, OH$32,250$24,440$40,670
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$32,240$26,360$39,260
Rome, GA$32,140$22,670$38,500
Traverse City, MI$32,140$25,100$41,950
Cleveland, OH$32,140$26,230$38,920
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$32,100$27,790$43,930
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$32,090$26,710$40,090
Utah$32,090$25,790$42,170
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$32,010$28,060$45,100
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$31,950$24,960$40,490
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$31,880$27,510$44,810
Billings, MT$31,840$26,710$39,220
Sebring, FL$31,780$26,190$37,600
Lexington Park, MD$31,780$31,200$41,730
Wilmington, NC$31,750$24,470$39,810
St. Cloud, MN$31,740$28,180$44,190
St. George, UT$31,730$25,680$41,010
Sandusky, OH$31,720$26,180$36,470
Appleton, WI$31,680$25,230$42,490
Springfield, IL$31,660$29,120$37,890
Sheboygan, WI$31,610$23,150$41,140
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$31,610$31,200$42,600
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$31,600$29,430$40,070
Ohio$31,590$24,680$39,290
Champaign-Urbana, IL$31,580$29,120$43,770
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$31,580$26,670$37,080
Helena, MT$31,580$24,430$36,040
Richmond, VA$31,560$27,610$39,870
Dubuque, IA$31,560$22,700$39,210
Virginia$31,500$26,890$40,850
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$31,470$23,460$40,150
Idaho$31,440$20,210$40,220
Missoula, MT$31,440$26,570$42,560
Dalton, GA$31,430$22,810$34,250
Montana$31,420$25,920$39,570
Green Bay, WI$31,390$18,720$40,990
Las Cruces, NM$31,390$26,060$34,300
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$31,340$23,550$39,810
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$31,330$23,270$39,750
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$31,320$24,080$46,610
Bloomington, IL$31,300$29,120$38,800
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$31,300$23,570$39,510
Rockford, IL$31,280$29,120$39,210
Battle Creek, MI$31,250$24,600$37,050
Decatur, IL$31,250$29,120$36,840
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$31,210$24,650$41,130
Salisbury, MD$31,200$31,200$39,940
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$31,200$23,310$37,580
Grand Island, NE$31,200$27,480$37,910
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,200$26,780$37,230
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$31,200$24,120$39,660
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$31,180$25,830$41,550
Peoria, IL$31,160$29,120$38,240
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$31,150$26,620$36,990
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$31,140$28,910$36,820
Flint, MI$31,060$24,170$37,160
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$31,040$22,740$40,470
State College, PA$31,010$23,440$37,580
Wausau, WI$30,930$21,440$39,230
Kansas City, MO-KS$30,920$28,220$41,490
Knoxville, TN$30,920$23,180$37,640
Gettysburg, PA$30,870$23,090$41,200
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$30,840$22,470$39,240
Bloomington, IN$30,700$23,120$38,090
Saginaw, MI$30,690$23,920$39,500
Canton-Massillon, OH$30,690$23,960$38,170
Oklahoma City, OK$30,600$20,850$35,980
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$30,580$19,250$38,120
Dover, DE$30,550$28,040$37,560
Missouri$30,530$26,390$38,880
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$30,530$22,600$38,330
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$30,530$24,530$37,700
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$30,510$27,260$38,620
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$30,510$22,580$38,680
Ames, IA$30,510$22,310$38,430
Fort Wayne, IN$30,510$21,770$38,870
Kankakee, IL$30,510$29,120$36,670
Niles, MI$30,490$24,550$38,360
Harrisonburg, VA$30,490$26,780$38,800
Janesville-Beloit, WI$30,490$19,770$41,160
Warner Robins, GA$30,460$22,280$39,330
Midland, MI$30,450$24,920$39,250
Macon-Bibb County, GA$30,440$23,410$36,450
Iowa City, IA$30,420$22,200$39,510
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$30,400$21,330$39,160
Reading, PA$30,400$22,230$39,060
Springfield, MO$30,380$26,790$37,480
Mansfield, OH$30,380$23,280$39,730
Albuquerque, NM$30,370$26,490$36,340
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$30,350$26,140$36,510
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$30,350$26,070$39,040
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$30,340$23,410$39,830
Athens-Clarke County, GA$30,320$22,870$37,160
Winchester, VA-WV$30,320$26,010$40,050
Lawrence, KS$30,310$22,120$37,350
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$30,300$22,030$37,700
Columbia, SC$30,290$22,500$38,300
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$30,290$29,120$35,130
Pittsburgh, PA$30,260$16,140$39,410
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$30,250$24,960$38,710
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$30,250$26,370$39,580
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$30,230$29,120$36,150
Rapid City, SD$30,220$25,600$36,290
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$30,220$25,720$36,200
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$30,210$24,250$37,650
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$30,200$22,870$37,300
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,190$22,560$40,970
Springfield, OH$30,180$24,550$36,500
Fond du Lac, WI$30,160$21,550$39,340
Pennsylvania$30,150$21,690$40,300
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$30,110$29,120$34,610
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,110$24,890$38,670
Indiana$30,090$23,220$39,860
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$30,060$22,840$39,260
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$30,050$22,270$37,520
South Carolina$30,050$21,960$38,590
Lancaster, PA$30,030$23,250$38,220
Morgantown, WV$30,010$22,880$41,430
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,950$29,120$35,130
Great Falls, MT$29,910$23,830$35,220
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$29,900$27,510$39,950
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$29,890$20,490$36,660
Cedar Rapids, IA$29,850$22,160$36,650
Iowa$29,840$21,300$37,900
Greensboro-High Point, NC$29,840$22,950$36,860
Jackson, MI$29,840$24,100$37,080
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$29,840$25,140$37,660
South Dakota$29,820$25,600$37,400
Logan, UT-ID$29,820$24,530$38,380
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,800$26,100$35,850
Albany, GA$29,770$21,830$38,120
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$29,770$23,680$39,170
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,720$24,960$34,770
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,720$25,070$36,290
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$29,700$23,620$36,090
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$29,690$24,560$36,380
Erie, PA$29,650$21,780$37,980
Midland, TX$29,620$22,760$39,770
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,570$21,530$40,340
Twin Falls, ID$29,570$20,360$38,500
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$29,510$27,350$37,670
Topeka, KS$29,480$22,650$40,940
Chambersburg, PA$29,480$22,040$37,750
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,480$23,210$35,810
Lebanon, PA$29,440$21,950$37,910
Kansas$29,410$22,220$38,980
North Carolina$29,410$21,910$37,010
Columbus, GA-AL$29,410$20,440$35,480
Lynchburg, VA$29,410$26,420$34,800
New Mexico$29,350$26,490$36,340
Monroe, MI$29,350$24,480$37,260
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,290$23,420$35,070
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,280$24,960$35,820
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$29,260$24,960$35,520
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,260$20,210$38,120
Roanoke, VA$29,240$25,560$37,150
Evansville, IN$29,220$21,230$36,910
Idaho Falls, ID$29,210$18,600$37,790
Kokomo, IN$29,210$21,440$41,220
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$29,180$21,550$37,610
Hinesville, GA$29,160$23,420$35,800
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$29,120$24,960$36,030
Valdosta, GA$29,090$22,540$35,120
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,080$21,580$36,000
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$29,070$23,800$36,680
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$29,060$23,470$35,670
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,060$22,340$35,710
Tennessee$28,980$22,750$38,820
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,970$23,740$35,270
Wichita, KS$28,960$21,350$39,220
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$28,940$24,960$34,940
Columbia, MO$28,940$26,900$36,430
Columbus, IN$28,940$21,460$43,320
Williamsport, PA$28,940$24,270$35,830
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,920$23,710$38,660
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,840$22,590$37,070
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,830$22,520$36,880
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,830$21,390$36,990
Youngstown-Warren, OH$28,820$22,600$36,890
Tuscaloosa, AL$28,800$20,680$36,660
York-Hanover, PA$28,790$21,660$37,440
Lima, OH$28,770$24,810$36,870
Spartanburg, SC$28,740$22,790$37,040
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,740$23,210$36,410
Texas$28,660$22,040$38,860
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,640$20,920$35,460
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,640$21,110$32,540
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,640$20,850$34,320
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,640$21,300$32,540
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$28,600$18,730$37,030
St. Joseph, MO-KS$28,580$26,700$36,730
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$28,580$23,420$35,690
Joplin, MO-KS$28,550$26,310$34,990
Winston-Salem, NC$28,540$21,150$36,190
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,540$21,080$36,920
Altoona, PA$28,520$20,890$35,800
Farmington, NM$28,500$26,740$35,130
Manhattan, KS$28,490$21,030$35,780
Burlington, NC$28,380$21,850$35,740
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$28,330$26,490$35,290
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$28,320$25,810$36,120
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$28,300$26,420$35,610
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,300$26,140$35,710
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,300$20,460$38,960
Pocatello, ID$28,280$18,320$36,030
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$28,270$22,880$38,120
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$28,230$22,430$38,430
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$28,220$22,150$37,060
Sherman-Denison, TX$28,190$21,210$35,200
Virgin Islands$28,110$26,250$31,800
Jefferson City, MO$28,110$26,140$35,980
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,100$26,140$35,710
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$28,080$21,940$36,150
Terre Haute, IN$28,070$21,600$36,790
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,070$23,430$34,740
Jonesboro, AR$28,030$24,360$37,030
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$28,030$23,260$36,590
Greenville, NC$28,020$21,860$35,700
Jacksonville, NC$28,010$20,470$34,930
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$28,010$17,300$36,570
Bay City, MI$27,980$23,070$35,060
Odessa, TX$27,970$21,280$37,240
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$27,960$20,370$36,590
Muncie, IN$27,940$21,300$36,730
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$27,900$22,810$35,730
Raleigh-Cary, NC$27,890$21,950$36,350
Birmingham, AL$27,850$21,220$37,110
Waco, TX$27,840$21,260$36,850
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$27,790$22,090$35,880
Florence, SC$27,780$21,150$38,550
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,730$18,300$36,710
Rocky Mount, NC$27,720$20,760$35,210
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,690$17,300$36,240
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,690$20,980$35,350
Wheeling, WV-OH$27,630$22,490$34,590
West Virginia$27,610$21,440$36,170
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$27,610$18,720$37,560
Sumter, SC$27,600$20,020$34,920
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$27,590$22,540$35,110
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,560$17,300$36,210
Charleston, WV$27,540$21,780$36,290
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,490$20,030$38,760
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$27,430$21,740$37,810
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$27,370$20,680$34,980
Chattanooga, TN-GA$27,360$23,050$37,560
Auburn-Opelika, AL$27,340$19,940$35,250
Arkansas$27,330$23,860$35,460
Hot Springs, AR$27,240$23,310$35,130
Corpus Christi, TX$27,210$20,810$37,170
Johnstown, PA$27,180$19,740$35,690
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,110$26,050$35,930
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,110$26,120$35,480
Hattiesburg, MS$27,100$17,150$35,040
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$27,060$21,410$34,400
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,050$23,590$32,890
Huntsville, AL$27,040$21,370$37,270
Goldsboro, NC$27,020$20,800$35,100
Killeen-Temple, TX$27,020$21,260$37,070
San Angelo, TX$27,000$18,480$37,060
Lexington-Fayette, KY$26,980$20,380$37,270
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$26,980$23,290$31,180
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$26,950$18,890$35,430
College Station-Bryan, TX$26,920$19,820$36,540
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$26,910$19,130$36,680
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$26,900$22,260$35,140
Fort Smith, AR-OK$26,770$23,160$35,130
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$26,770$26,000$35,330
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$26,750$22,190$36,920
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$26,750$22,190$36,100
Fayetteville, NC$26,710$18,330$35,900
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$26,710$23,290$29,600
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$26,710$23,430$33,080
Jackson, MS$26,700$18,560$36,000
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$26,670$20,800$35,120
Amarillo, TX$26,570$18,620$35,570
Abilene, TX$26,560$19,350$36,990
Victoria, TX$26,550$21,910$36,930
Oklahoma$26,450$19,120$35,710
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$26,450$21,770$35,960
Lawton, OK$26,440$17,200$35,260
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$26,380$21,040$35,060
Lubbock, TX$26,170$18,120$35,590
Wichita Falls, TX$26,140$17,960$35,130
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$26,140$20,800$34,230
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$26,130$20,800$35,120
Morristown, TN$26,100$22,720$34,850
Enid, OK$26,000$16,640$36,480
Beckley, WV$25,970$21,440$30,750
Jackson, TN$25,950$22,570$35,130
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$25,930$18,500$33,080
Clarksville, TN-KY$25,890$21,110$35,540
Johnson City, TN$25,870$22,390$35,130
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$25,770$22,190$36,190
Alabama$25,510$19,600$36,670
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$25,500$22,170$34,960
Cleveland, TN$25,480$22,270$36,130
Tyler, TX$25,020$18,570$35,410
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$24,830$20,310$37,270
Mobile, AL$24,590$20,970$34,860
Kentucky$24,520$18,390$35,970
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$24,240$20,850$36,720
Paducah, KY-IL$24,200$18,560$34,910
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$24,150$18,410$34,280
Bowling Green, KY$24,080$18,480$35,440
Longview, TX$24,080$19,220$35,470
El Paso, TX$23,980$18,440$34,250
Laredo, TX$23,940$18,010$37,490
Owensboro, KY$23,930$18,630$34,460
Anniston-Oxford, AL$23,820$20,030$32,890
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$23,810$17,970$36,520
Decatur, AL$23,730$20,960$36,080
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$23,600$18,850$34,950
Texarkana, TX-AR$23,570$17,620$30,340
Baton Rouge, LA$23,420$18,520$33,850
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$23,220$18,700$33,970
Mississippi$23,190$17,990$34,640
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,990$17,330$32,960
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$22,910$17,490$31,650
Louisiana$22,900$17,590$33,000
Lake Charles, LA$22,880$17,930$34,080
Elizabethtown, KY$22,810$17,490$35,250
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$22,750$17,850$33,170
Eagle Pass, TX$22,660$18,230$36,810
Gadsden, AL$22,610$18,730$36,220
Dothan, AL$22,600$18,840$33,230
Montgomery, AL$22,420$20,210$35,150
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$22,410$19,040$35,390
Lafayette, LA$22,360$17,090$33,090
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$22,290$17,190$33,580
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,230$18,040$33,280
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$22,120$17,070$29,480
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$22,010$17,790$32,630
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$22,000$17,890$29,990
Guam$21,990$20,150$24,380
Alexandria, LA$21,890$16,950$32,740
Hammond, LA$21,890$16,940$31,610
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$21,780$16,930$32,120
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$21,780$17,790$29,830
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$21,770$17,820$29,830
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$21,720$16,430$31,030
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$21,680$16,370$28,720
Monroe, LA$21,660$16,490$29,640
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$21,480$16,430$27,900
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$21,460$17,840$28,800
Tulsa, OK$21,450$19,120$36,760
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$21,210$17,680$32,860
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$21,140$17,950$30,160
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$21,060$19,470$29,440
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$21,060$17,890$30,290
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$20,900$18,610$29,410
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$20,760$19,840$27,330
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$20,700$17,330$28,200
Puerto Rico$20,640$19,760$26,770
Arecibo, PR$20,590$19,760$27,550
Ponce, PR$20,470$19,760$27,320
Mayaguez, PR$20,350$19,760$22,320
Aguadilla, PR$20,070$19,760$22,470
Guayama, PR$19,990$19,760$21,310
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$19,770$19,760$29,030
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$19,170$19,090$30,120

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Food Preparation Workers make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Food Preparation Workers is $34,220, with a typical range of $23,490 – $44,260 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Food Preparation Workers?β–Ύ

Entry-level Food Preparation Workers positions typically start around $23,490 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Food Preparation Workerss earn the most?β–Ύ

Food Preparation Workerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.