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Food Preparation Workers Salary in Milwaukee, WI

Estimates come from the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Food Preparation Workers in Milwaukee, WI is $35,470, about the same as the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Milwaukee sits within the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI area, Food Preparation Workers pay runs from $28,250 to $43,920 a year, with about 4.5K people employed.

Median annual

$35,470

Median hourly

$17

Average annual

$35,080

Employed in metro

4.5K

Pay distribution

10th$28,250
25th$30,310
Median$35,470
75th$38,560
90th$43,920

Salary calculator

Hourly
$17.05
Daily
$136
Weekly
$682
Bi-weekly
$1,364
Monthly
$2,956
Annual
$35,470

$35,470 a year is around the 50th percentile for Food Preparation Workerss in Milwaukee, WI. The median is $35,470.

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