Food Preparation Workers Salary in Santa Maria, CA
Estimates come from the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Santa Maria, CA is $38,470, 9% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Santa Maria sits within the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $34,840 to $48,690 a year, with about 1.5K people employed.
Median annual
$38,470
Median hourly
$18
Average annual
$40,830
Employed in metro
1.5K
Pay distribution
10th$34,840
25th$36,110
Median$38,470
75th$43,550
90th$48,690
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $18.50
- Daily
- $148
- Weekly
- $740
- Bi-weekly
- $1,480
- Monthly
- $3,206
- Annual
- $38,470
$38,470 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Santa Maria, CA. The median is $38,470.
Food Preparation Workers in other metro areas
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- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$45,580
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$43,830
- Napa, CA$42,810
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$42,640
- Yakima, WA$41,750
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$41,000
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$40,140