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Food Preparation Workers Salary in Chesapeake, VA

Estimates come from the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Chesapeake, VA is $32,580, 8% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Chesapeake sits within the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $28,630 to $38,430 a year, with about 3.1K people employed.

Median annual

$32,580

Median hourly

$16

Average annual

$34,040

Employed in metro

3.1K

Pay distribution

10th$28,630
25th$30,860
Median$32,580
75th$36,380
90th$38,430

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Hourly
$15.66
Daily
$125
Weekly
$627
Bi-weekly
$1,253
Monthly
$2,715
Annual
$32,580

$32,580 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Chesapeake, VA. The median is $32,580.

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