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Food Preparation Workers Salary in Philadelphia, PA

Estimates come from the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Philadelphia, PA is $34,560, 2% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Philadelphia sits within the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $28,240 to $43,300 a year, with about 11K people employed.

Median annual

$34,560

Median hourly

$17

Average annual

$34,950

Employed in metro

11K

Pay distribution

10th$28,240
25th$31,220
Median$34,560
75th$37,220
90th$43,300

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Hourly
$16.62
Daily
$133
Weekly
$665
Bi-weekly
$1,329
Monthly
$2,880
Annual
$34,560

$34,560 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Philadelphia, PA. The median is $34,560.

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