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Food Preparation Workers Salary in Seattle, WA

Estimates come from the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Seattle, WA is $43,830, 24% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Seattle sits within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $35,410 to $54,700 a year, with about 11K people employed.

Median annual

$43,830

Median hourly

$21

Average annual

$44,390

Employed in metro

11K

Pay distribution

10th$35,410
25th$38,120
Median$43,830
75th$49,190
90th$54,700

Salary calculator

Hourly
$21.07
Daily
$169
Weekly
$843
Bi-weekly
$1,686
Monthly
$3,653
Annual
$43,830

$43,830 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Seattle, WA. The median is $43,830.

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