Food Preparation Workers Salary in Chicago, IL
Estimates come from the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Chicago, IL is $35,410, about the same as the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Chicago sits within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $31,200 to $45,330 a year, with about 27K people employed.
Median annual
$35,410
Median hourly
$17
Average annual
$36,980
Employed in metro
27K
Pay distribution
10th$31,200
25th$31,200
Median$35,410
75th$38,870
90th$45,330
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $17.02
- Daily
- $136
- Weekly
- $681
- Bi-weekly
- $1,362
- Monthly
- $2,951
- Annual
- $35,410
$35,410 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Chicago, IL. The median is $35,410.
Food Preparation Workers in other metro areas
- Kahului-Wailuku, HI$46,680
- 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