Food Preparation Workers Salary in Buffalo, NY
Estimates come from the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Buffalo, NY is $34,700, 2% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Buffalo sits within the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $32,240 to $40,020 a year, with about 3.3K people employed.
Median annual
$34,700
Median hourly
$17
Average annual
$35,720
Employed in metro
3.3K
Pay distribution
10th$32,240
25th$32,240
Median$34,700
75th$37,190
90th$40,020
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $16.68
- Daily
- $133
- Weekly
- $667
- Bi-weekly
- $1,335
- Monthly
- $2,892
- Annual
- $34,700
$34,700 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Buffalo, NY. The median is $34,700.
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