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Food Preparation Workers Salary in Raleigh, NC

Estimates come from the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Raleigh, NC is $29,470, 17% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Raleigh sits within the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Raleigh-Cary, NC area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $22,340 to $39,380 a year, with about 5.3K people employed.

Median annual

$29,470

Median hourly

$14

Average annual

$31,160

Employed in metro

5.3K

Pay distribution

10th$22,340
25th$24,520
Median$29,470
75th$36,410
90th$39,380

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Hourly
$14.17
Daily
$113
Weekly
$567
Bi-weekly
$1,133
Monthly
$2,456
Annual
$29,470

$29,470 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Raleigh, NC. The median is $29,470.

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