EMPLOYMENT DATA

Food preparation workers

Food preparation workers
Food preparation workers -- jobs in the United States

Table showing the approximate number of people employed as Food preparation workers and their average hourly wage and annual salary for selected cities and municipalities in the United States. All figures are from the U.S. Department of Labor.

CityNo. EmployedAvg Hourly WageAvg Annual Salary
Abilene, TX330$7.32$15,240
Aguadilla, PR70$6.11$12,710
Akron, OH1,810$8.21$17,070
Albany, GA400$7.05$14,670
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY3,830$8.51$17,700
Albuquerque, NM1,770$7.47$15,530
Alexandria, LA710$6.70$13,940
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA2,860$7.72$16,060
Altoona, PA660$8.27$17,200
Amarillo, TX680$7.33$15,240
Anchorage, AK1,200$9.41$19,570
Ann Arbor, MI PMSA2,110$9.08$18,880
Anniston, AL170$7.74$16,100
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI960$8.33$17,330
Arecibo, PR100$5.95$12,370
Asheville, NC540$7.99$16,620
Athens, GA850$7.75$16,110
Atlanta, GA14,040$8.53$17,740
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ1,540$9.39$19,530
Auburn-Opelika, AL170$7.38$15,350
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC1,500$7.60$15,800
Austin-San Marcos, TX2,650$8.38$17,440
Bakersfield, CA1,320$8.80$18,310
Baltimore, MD PMSA5,570$9.58$19,930
Bangor, ME620$8.31$17,280
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA710$10.22$21,260
Baton Rouge, LA**$6.69$13,910
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX1,130$7.07$14,700
Bellingham, WA510$9.00$18,730
Benton Harbor, MI**$9.03$18,780
Bergen-Passaic, NJ3,890$9.22$19,170
Billings, MT320$7.43$15,450
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS2,200$6.74$14,010
Binghamton, NY1,150$7.69$15,990
Birmingham, AL1,780$7.93$16,500
Bismarck, ND290$8.27$17,190
Bloomington, IN540$7.90$16,440
Boise City, ID970$8.71$18,120
Boston, MA-NH PMSA11,640$9.79$20,360
Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA1,060$9.17$19,060
Brazoria, TX490$6.93$14,420
Bremerton, WA370$10.03$20,850
Bridgeport, CT PMSA1,880$9.84$20,460
Brockton, MA PMSA710$9.38$19,520
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX640$6.61$13,750
Bryan-College Station, TX260$7.75$16,130
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY6,220$7.96$16,560
Burlington, VT820$8.78$18,270
Caguas, PR350$6.16$12,800
Canton-Massillon, OH2,270$7.71$16,030
Casper, WY200$7.19$14,960
Cedar Rapids, IA1,110$7.45$15,510
Champaign-Urbana, IL1,910$6.72$13,970
Charleston, WV840$6.94$14,420
Charleston-North Charleston, SC2,150$7.86$16,350
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC5,720$8.00$16,630
Charlottesville, VA760$8.08$16,800
Chattanooga, TN-GA1,320$7.89$16,420
Cheyenne, WY100$8.50$17,690
Chicago, IL PMSA22,210$8.37$17,400
Chico-Paradise, CA900$8.38$17,420
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN6,790$8.42$17,520
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY520$7.03$14,610
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH5,580$8.10$16,850
Colorado Springs, CO2,170$8.77$18,240
Columbia, SC2,060$10.67$22,190
Columbus, GA-AL520$6.74$14,010
Columbus, OH5,810$8.81$18,330
Corpus Christi, TX**$6.64$13,800
Corvallis, OR190$9.06$18,850
Cumberland, MD-WV290$7.27$15,120
Dallas, TX11,080$7.68$15,970
Danbury, CT PMSA840$11.14$23,170
Danville, VA160$7.50$15,600
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL1,450$7.75$16,120
Daytona Beach, FL1,350$7.39$15,380
Dayton-Springfield, OH4,730$8.16$16,970
Decatur, AL220$7.17$14,920
Decatur, IL980$7.44$15,480
Denver, CO PMSA3,340$9.44$19,640
Des Moines, IA1,320$8.58$17,850
Detroit, MI PMSA8,700$9.43$19,620
Dothan, AL480$6.68$13,890
Dover, DE980$7.92$16,470
Dubuque, IA580$7.23$15,040
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI620$8.71$18,120
Dutchess County, NY900$9.04$18,800
Eau Claire, WI430$8.00$16,640
El Paso, TX1,060$7.05$14,670
Elkhart-Goshen, IN720$8.35$17,360
Elmira, NY410$8.06$16,760
Enid, OK**$7.73$16,080
Erie, PA970$7.72$16,050
Eugene-Springfield, OR1,330$8.72$18,130
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY1,040$7.56$15,730
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN420$8.20$17,060
Fayetteville, NC370$7.59$15,800
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR960$6.76$14,050
Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA550$8.66$18,010
Flagstaff, AZ-UT800$7.38$15,350
Flint, MI PMSA1,320$8.38$17,440
Florence, AL280$6.76$14,050
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO440$9.03$18,780
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA4,350$8.06$16,770
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL720$9.26$19,260
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL510$8.49$17,650
Fort Smith, AR-OK500$6.79$14,130
Fort Walton Beach, FL570$8.26$17,190
Fort Wayne, IN1,900$8.04$16,720
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,180$7.89$16,420
Fresno, CA2,330$8.73$18,160
Gadsden, AL290$7.39$15,360
Gainesville, FL620$7.36$15,310
Galveston-Texas City, TX1,490$7.01$14,590
Gary, IN PMSA2,450$8.90$18,500
Glens Falls, NY430$8.38$17,430
Goldsboro, NC260$6.84$14,220
Grand Forks, ND-MN320$8.96$18,640
Grand Junction, CO300$8.92$18,560
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI2,900$9.24$19,220
Great Falls, MT260$6.93$14,410
Greeley, CO PMSA270$8.99$18,710
Green Bay, WI680$8.79$18,270
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC5,220$7.41$15,410
Greenville, NC540$7.73$16,080
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC3,480$7.49$15,570
Hagerstown, MD PMSA460$7.86$16,360
Hamilton-Middletown, OH760$9.03$18,780
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA1,820$8.20$17,060
Hartford, CT3,970$10.39$21,620
Hattiesburg, MS600$6.70$13,940
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC**$6.89$14,340
Honolulu, HI2,900$9.83$20,450
Houma, LA810$6.44$13,390
Houston, TX10,050$7.70$16,030
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH720$7.55$15,710
Huntsville, AL680$8.09$16,840
Indianapolis, IN6,080$8.20$17,050
Iowa City, IA320$8.16$16,980
Jackson, MI420$8.67$18,020
Jackson, MS2,170$6.60$13,730
Jackson, TN**$7.98$16,600
Jacksonville, FL1,950$8.64$17,970
Jacksonville, NC100$7.97$16,580
Jamestown, NY830$7.39$15,380
Janesville-Beloit, WI440$8.64$17,980
Jersey City, NJ1,080$8.02$16,670
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA940$7.46$15,510
Johnstown, PA510$7.16$14,890
Jonesboro, AR250$6.89$14,320
Joplin, MO170$7.44$15,470
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI1,460$8.55$17,790
Kankakee, IL PMSA540$8.67$18,030
Kansas City, MO-KS5,990$8.87$18,460
Kenosha, WI220$8.27$17,210
Killeen-Temple, TX480$6.93$14,410
Knoxville, TN3,310$8.28$17,230
Kokomo, IN460$7.16$14,880
La Crosse, WI-MN**$7.28$15,130
Lafayette, IN860$7.30$15,190
Lafayette, LA1,800$6.90$14,350
Lake Charles, LA490$6.69$13,920
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL950$7.90$16,420
Lancaster, PA2,010$8.48$17,640
Lansing-East Lansing, MI1,110$8.54$17,770
Laredo, TX230$7.04$14,630
Las Cruces, NM300$6.77$14,080
Las Vegas, NV-AZ6,250$10.54$21,930
Lawrence, KS530$6.76$14,060
Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA1,280$9.54$19,840
Lawton, OK**$6.83$14,200
Lewiston-Auburn, ME460$9.05$18,820
Lexington, KY1,720$8.38$17,420
Lima, OH410$7.69$15,990
Lincoln, NE**$8.13$16,920
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR2,320$7.05$14,670
Longview-Marshall, TX490$6.99$14,530
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA35,760$8.70$18,100
Louisville, KY-IN3,570$8.98$18,680
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA550$9.70$20,180
Lubbock, TX560$7.56$15,730
Lynchburg, VA420$7.62$15,850
Macon, GA740$8.24$17,140
Madison, WI1,130$8.93$18,570
Manchester, NH450$9.72$20,210
Mansfield, OH660$8.53$17,730
Mayaguez, PR430$6.42$13,360
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX1,370$7.02$14,610
Medford-Ashland, OR950$8.25$17,170
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL780$8.58$17,840
Memphis, TN-AR-MS7,170$8.43$17,530
Merced, CA480$8.31$17,280
Miami, FL PMSA3,120$8.26$17,190
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ2,030$9.56$19,880
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI4,190$8.63$17,960
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI6,910$9.85$20,480
Missoula, MT380$7.64$15,880
Mobile, AL660$7.31$15,210
Modesto, CA1,050$9.63$20,020
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ3,710$8.90$18,500
Monroe, LA380$7.17$14,900
Montgomery, AL630$6.98$14,520
Muncie, IN410$7.19$14,950
Myrtle Beach, SC680$8.27$17,210
Naples, FL940$9.10$18,920
Nashua, NH310$8.58$17,850
Nashville, TN6,030$8.51$17,700
Nassau-Suffolk, NY7,810$10.22$21,250
New Bedford, MA PMSA410$10.35$21,530
New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA2,100$10.41$21,650
New London-Norwich, CT-RI1,650$9.20$19,140
New Orleans, LA8,280$7.04$14,650
New York, NY29,900$10.68$22,210
Newark, NJ4,900$9.80$20,380
Newburgh, NY-PA2,860$8.54$17,770
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC3,700$7.68$15,970
Oakland, CA PMSA3,990$9.51$19,790
Ocala, FL370$7.83$16,290
Odessa-Midland, TX410$7.13$14,830
Oklahoma City, OK2,700$6.82$14,180
Olympia, WA360$9.66$20,090
Omaha, NE-IA1,950$8.20$17,050
Orange County, CA PMSA6,910$8.88$18,470
Orlando, FL6,320$8.63$17,960
Owensboro, KY290$7.73$16,090
Panama City, FL350$7.30$15,190
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH380$7.62$15,860
Pensacola, FL610$7.40$15,390
Peoria-Pekin, IL1,150$8.43$17,540
Philadelphia, PA-NJ17,560$8.10$16,850
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ9,580$8.81$18,330
Pine Bluff, AR180$6.65$13,830
Pittsburgh, PA8,530$7.99$16,610
Pittsfield, MA420$9.07$18,860
Pocatello, ID130$7.05$14,660
Ponce, PR720$6.23$12,960
Portland, ME1,710$8.97$18,660
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA6,460$9.62$20,010
Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME510$9.69$20,160
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA3,320$9.39$19,520
Provo-Orem, UT880$7.36$15,300
Pueblo, CO270$8.44$17,560
Punta Gorda, FL160$8.41$17,480
Racine, WI340$8.67$18,040
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC3,180$8.32$17,310
Rapid City, SD400$7.62$15,860
Reading, PA1,180$7.84$16,300
Redding, CA310$8.42$17,520
Reno, NV1,190$8.84$18,390
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA430$8.71$18,110
Richmond-Petersburg, VA2,170$8.79$18,290
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA5,100$9.38$19,520
Roanoke, VA780$7.64$15,900
Rochester, MN320$10.34$21,500
Rochester, NY4,840$7.38$15,350
Rockford, IL920$7.49$15,590
Rocky Mount, NC280$7.19$14,950
Sacramento, CA PMSA3,640$8.98$18,670
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI600$8.34$17,350
Salem, OR1,970$9.07$18,860
Salinas, CA1,300$8.41$17,500
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT3,420$8.04$16,730
San Angelo, TX250$7.05$14,660
San Antonio, TX3,720$7.90$16,430
San Diego, CA6,670$8.51$17,690
San Francisco, CA PMSA7,650$9.61$19,980
San Jose, CA PMSA6,950$9.55$19,870
San Juan-Bayamon, PR10,240$5.94$12,360
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA760$9.02$18,770
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA1,500$8.82$18,350
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA970$9.31$19,350
Santa Fe, NM260$9.12$18,980
Santa Rosa, CA PMSA2,000$9.54$19,850
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL1,110$8.70$18,100
Savannah, GA1,110$7.30$15,190
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA1,620$7.72$16,060
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA4,540$10.10$21,000
Sharon, PA420$7.97$16,580
Sheboygan, WI270$8.73$18,150
Sherman-Denison, TX460$7.61$15,820
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA890$7.16$14,890
Sioux City, IA-NE430$8.37$17,400
Sioux Falls, SD910$7.80$16,220
South Bend, IN970$8.36$17,390
Spokane, WA1,130$9.35$19,450
Springfield, IL810$8.15$16,950
Springfield, MA2,460$9.39$19,530
Springfield, MO1,060$7.31$15,200
St. Cloud, MN470$8.16$16,980
St. Joseph, MO200$7.88$16,390
St. Louis, MO-IL5,900$8.05$16,750
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA1,080$11.29$23,480
State College, PA660$9.49$19,730
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV440$7.39$15,370
Stockton-Lodi, CA1,260$8.93$18,560
Sumter, SC180$7.87$16,360
Syracuse, NY2,990$8.03$16,700
Tacoma, WA1,170$9.82$20,420
Tallahassee, FL**$6.68$13,900
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL5,510$8.47$17,610
Terre Haute, IN580$7.63$15,870
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR370$6.96$14,480
Toledo, OH2,140$8.81$18,330
Topeka, KS380$7.05$14,660
Trenton, NJ940$9.40$19,560
Tucson, AZ2,310$7.52$15,650
Tulsa, OK1,970$7.08$14,730
Tuscaloosa, AL350$7.35$15,290
Tyler, TX430$7.51$15,610
Utica-Rome, NY1,620$7.20$14,970
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA1,980$9.19$19,120
Ventura, CA PMSA1,520$8.53$17,740
Victoria, TX110$6.88$14,300
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ310$8.81$18,330
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA1,230$9.32$19,380
Waco, TX440$7.13$14,820
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA17,480$8.93$18,560
Waterbury, CT PMSA680$10.67$22,190
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA330$7.94$16,510
Wausau, WI230$8.13$16,900
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL2,980$8.27$17,210
Wheeling, WV-OH810$7.20$14,980
Wichita, KS1,410$7.55$15,700
Wichita Falls, TX260$7.06$14,680
Williamsport, PA450$7.92$16,480
Wilmington, NC780$8.20$17,050
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA2,520$8.63$17,940
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA2,200$9.41$19,580
Yakima, WA280$9.47$19,700
Yolo, CA PMSA780$8.86$18,430
York, PA1,610$7.80$16,220
Youngstown-Warren, OH2,510$7.50$15,610
Yuba City, CA190$9.42$19,600
Yuma, AZ200$7.62$15,840


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