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Food Preparation Workers Salary in Houston, TX

Estimates come from the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Houston, TX is $35,020, 1% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Houston sits within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $23,250 to $41,870 a year, with about 16K people employed.

Median annual

$35,020

Median hourly

$17

Average annual

$33,220

Employed in metro

16K

Pay distribution

10th$23,250
25th$28,110
Median$35,020
75th$37,790
90th$41,870

Salary calculator

Hourly
$16.84
Daily
$135
Weekly
$673
Bi-weekly
$1,347
Monthly
$2,918
Annual
$35,020

$35,020 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Houston, TX. The median is $35,020.

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