Food Preparation Workers — Salary
National wage record
Median annual
$35,320
10th percentile
$25,810
90th percentile
$45,340
Employment
893,600
- CAMedian $39,350 · Employment 112,750
- TXMedian $30,650 · Employment 81,280
- FLMedian $35,920 · Employment 73,100
- New York, NYMedian $35,670 · Employment 63,530
- NYMedian $35,610 · Employment 62,380
- Los Angeles, CAMedian $39,770 · Employment 44,930
- ILMedian $34,850 · Employment 34,820
- LAMedian $23,620 · Employment 30,920
- Chicago, ILMedian $35,410 · Employment 27,100
- GAMedian $35,250 · Employment 26,450
- NCMedian $30,260 · Employment 24,960
- NJMedian $35,540 · Employment 24,730
- MNMedian $34,850 · Employment 24,620
- Dallas, TXMedian $30,740 · Employment 21,700
- TNMedian $28,700 · Employment 19,780
- Miami, FLMedian $36,090 · Employment 19,630
- WAMedian $40,910 · Employment 19,510
- OHMedian $34,530 · Employment 19,480
- WIMedian $34,070 · Employment 17,990
- PAMedian $30,840 · Employment 17,940
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.