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Food Preparation Workers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 902,000 for food preparation workers. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively very high.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

45% of people working as employees are employed part-time. Food preparation workers work for themselves about 1% of the time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include short-term on-the-job training. Approximately 7% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among food preparation workers about 19% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 74% have a high school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs are relatively more common in Missoula (Montana), Alexandria (Louisiana), and New Orleans (Louisiana), and less common in Killeen (Texas), Dalton (Georgia), and Amarillo (Texas).

Average income is highest in Anchorage (Alaska), State College (Pennsylvania), and Las Vegas (Nevada) and lowest in Lafayette (Louisiana), El Paso (Texas), and Wichita Falls (Texas).

Career Overview Video About Food Preparation Workers

Food Preparation Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Food Preparation Workers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Food Preparation Workers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Food Preparation Workers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston360$16,3401.3
AlabamaAuburn250$16,1501
AlabamaBirmingham2,590$17,6000.8
AlabamaDecatur440$16,2901.4
AlabamaDothan370$17,0301.1
AlabamaFlorence380$15,9701.3
AlabamaGadsden210$15,4201.1
AlabamaHuntsville1,070$16,2700.8
AlabamaMobile1,290$15,7301.1
AlabamaMontgomery1,400$16,6001.3
AlabamaTuscaloosa540$15,5701
AlaskaAnchorage1,210$27,9901.2
AlaskaFairbanks160$24,1800.9
ArizonaFlagstaff470$18,0801.5
ArizonaKingman430$22,2001.5
ArizonaPhoenix10,360$21,9100.8
ArizonaPrescott720$20,4602
ArizonaTucson2,450$21,6301
ArizonaYuma260$18,6200.7
ArkansasFayetteville1,170$17,2000.9
ArkansasFort Smith670$17,1300.9
ArkansasHot Springs460$18,910 2.3
ArkansasJonesboro310$18,0101.1
ArkansasLittle Rock2,300$17,9101.1
ArkansasPine Bluff210$15,7801.2
CaliforniaBakersfield1,930$19,3901.1
CaliforniaChico530$20,4401.3
CaliforniaEl Centro290$19,6501
CaliforniaFresno2,090$19,1401
CaliforniaHanford190$20,5901.2
CaliforniaMadera300$20,9001.5
CaliforniaMerced440$18,7301.3
CaliforniaModesto1,050$21,8401
CaliforniaNapa560$23,2101.5
CaliforniaOakland7,030$22,1501
CaliforniaOxnard1,870$20,9601
CaliforniaRedding290$20,6500.7
CaliforniaRiverside7,140$20,9100.9
CaliforniaSacramento5,430$21,6200.9
CaliforniaSalinas1,560$20,9301.6
CaliforniaSan Diego10,510$20,6101.2
CaliforniaSan Francisco7,130$23,5801.1
CaliforniaSan Jose6,270$20,9601
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1,050$20,8901.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana9,670$20,5701
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1,750$20,9201.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz640$22,4001.2
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,530$22,6301.3
CaliforniaStockton1,550$21,8601.2
CaliforniaVallejo820$20,2001.1
CaliforniaVisalia980$20,0501.2
CaliforniaYuba City120$19,3200.6
ColoradoBoulder920$21,1100.9
ColoradoColorado Springs1,340$20,8000.8
ColoradoDenver5,600$20,9900.7
ColoradoFort Collins980$19,5201.3
ColoradoGrand Junction460$20,3801.4
ColoradoGreeley590$18,7201.3
ColoradoPueblo470$19,5401.5
ConnecticutBridgeport3,560$23,0801.3
ConnecticutDanbury480$23,1601.2
ConnecticutHartford4,630$22,7401.2
ConnecticutNew Haven2,690$24,2601.5
ConnecticutNorwich1,540$23,390 2
ConnecticutWaterbury720$22,4601.8
DelawareDover360$19,5901.1
DelawareWilmington1,200$20,6300.6
District of ColumbiaWashington10,710$21,7900.7
FloridaCape Coral2,100$19,5901.6
FloridaDeltona1,420$18,1501.5
FloridaFort Lauderdale3,900$20,2900.8
FloridaFort Walton Beach400$19,1300.9
FloridaGainesville630$18,3400.9
FloridaJacksonville4,430$18,4601.1
FloridaLakeland840$19,7300.7
FloridaMiami5,620$20,1600.9
FloridaNaples1,500$21,040 2
FloridaOcala640$18,6001.1
FloridaOrlando6,720$19,5101
FloridaPalm Bay1,720$20,5601.4
FloridaPalm Coast150$17,880 2.3
FloridaPanama City490$18,0601.2
FloridaPensacola800$18,6700.9
FloridaPort St Lucie750$19,2101
FloridaPunta Gorda420$20,7201.9
FloridaSarasota2,550$19,6201.5
FloridaSebastian470$19,7301.7
FloridaTallahassee820$18,9000.8
FloridaTampa6,920$20,4100.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,830$20,9101.1
GeorgiaAlbany250$15,6100.7
GeorgiaAthens520$18,7401.2
GeorgiaAtlanta11,800$19,7900.8
GeorgiaAugusta890$17,7700.7
GeorgiaBrunswick150$20,1400.6
GeorgiaColumbus630$17,5600.9
GeorgiaDalton130$17,8700.3
GeorgiaHinesville30$18,8300.5
GeorgiaMacon490$17,8800.8
GeorgiaRome350$16,4501.8
GeorgiaSavannah950$21,2401
GeorgiaValdosta180$17,6800.6
GeorgiaWarner Robins620$17,840 2.2
HawaiiHonolulu4,820$19,9601.7
IdahoBoise1,210$20,0400.7
IdahoCoeur Dalene590$18,7101.9
IdahoIdaho Falls360$19,0901.3
IdahoLewiston160$19,5201.3
IdahoPocatello70$19,5500.4
IllinoisBloomington620$18,2301.5
IllinoisChampaign800$21,0101.4
IllinoisChicago32,880$20,2901.3
IllinoisDanville140$19,4301
IllinoisDecatur380$19,5301.4
IllinoisKankakee380$18,6601.8
IllinoisPeoria1,510$18,1901.4
IllinoisRockford990$17,9601
IllinoisSpringfield810$19,1901.3
IndianaAnderson400$17,9301.8
IndianaBloomington570$18,4701.4
IndianaColumbus240$17,2601
IndianaElkhart640$18,6400.8
IndianaEvansville640$17,6300.6
IndianaFort Wayne1,070$18,3200.8
IndianaGary2,190$19,2801.2
IndianaIndianapolis5,620$19,5801
IndianaKokomo340$18,0601.8
IndianaLafayette310$19,0200.7
IndianaMichigan City370$18,5901.5
IndianaMuncie600$16,890 2.4
IndianaSouth Bend1,310$17,8301.6
IndianaTerre Haute640$18,5001.6
IowaAmes530$17,750 2.5
IowaCedar Rapids800$18,6401
IowaDavenport1,180$19,2501
IowaDes Moines1,560$19,9100.7
IowaDubuque400$18,8501.4
IowaIowa City440$22,1701
IowaSioux City500$18,0001.2
IowaWaterloo330$18,1400.6
KansasLawrence540$17,350 2.1
KansasTopeka960$17,5001.4
KansasWichita1,570$17,7100.8
KentuckyBowling Green230$20,3500.7
KentuckyElizabethtown140$17,0700.6
KentuckyLexington970$20,4900.6
KentuckyLouisville3,370$19,6500.8
KentuckyOwensboro310$16,4901.1
LouisianaAlexandria1,070$15,760 3.1
LouisianaBaton Rouge5,460$15,710 2.3
LouisianaHouma1,350$16,720 2.4
LouisianaLafayette2,590$14,900 2.9
LouisianaLake Charles1,430$16,060 2.8
LouisianaMonroe920$15,8302
LouisianaNew Orleans10,110$16,630 3.1
LouisianaShreveport2,050$15,6001.9
MaineBangor510$22,3301.4
MaineLewiston490$20,5701.8
MainePortland1,840$21,2901.4
MarylandBaltimore6,730$20,3700.8
MarylandBethesda3,540$21,3601
MarylandCumberland430$17,990 2.2
MarylandHagerstown1,040$18,6601.7
MarylandSalisbury320$19,3701.1
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,190$23,4902
MassachusettsBoston12,520$22,8001.1
MassachusettsBrockton520$21,6301
MassachusettsFramingham810$20,6500.8
MassachusettsHaverhill690$21,3701.5
MassachusettsLawrence720$19,240 2.2
MassachusettsLeominster230$21,4200.8
MassachusettsLowell800$21,4301.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford440$21,3301.2
MassachusettsPittsfield270$20,6501.5
MassachusettsSpringfield2,100$21,6201.1
MassachusettsTaunton290$21,7501.1
MassachusettsWorcester1,610$22,3201
MichiganAnn Arbor1,010$22,0001
MichiganBattle Creek540$18,4502
MichiganBay City290$18,6701.5
MichiganFlint1,070$19,7201.3
MichiganGrand Rapids3,140$19,7601.3
MichiganHolland480$19,1400.8
MichiganJackson590$19,5402
MichiganKalamazoo1,140$19,3201.4
MichiganLansing1,410$20,5401.2
MichiganMonroe220$18,7501
MichiganMuskegon1,000$17,720 2.9
MichiganNiles480$19,4801.3
MichiganSaginaw690$18,7801.5
MichiganWarren9,050$20,8101.2
MinnesotaDuluth600$22,4800.8
MinnesotaMinneapolis5,390$22,4700.5
MinnesotaRochester380$23,2100.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud650$19,9301.1
MississippiGulfport1,580$17,430 2.4
MississippiHattiesburg800$16,520 2.5
MississippiJackson3,490$16,170 2.2
MississippiPascagoula760$16,010 2.9
MissouriColumbia440$18,9600.9
MissouriJefferson City180$17,3300.4
MissouriJoplin270$17,7300.6
MissouriKansas City5,490$20,0700.8
MissouriSpringfield730$18,3500.6
MissouriSt Joseph130$18,3500.5
MissouriSt Louis5,760$19,0600.7
MontanaBillings460$19,9701
MontanaGreat Falls240$18,4001.3
MontanaMissoula1,300$15,470 4.4
NebraskaLincoln970$18,4101
NebraskaOmaha2,610$18,7900.9
NevadaCarson City130$20,5800.9
NevadaLas Vegas6,270$24,9501
NevadaReno1,380$18,6901.1
New HampshireManchester580$19,4700.9
New HampshireNashua600$20,0400.7
New HampshirePortsmouth240$22,5800.7
New HampshireRochester300$19,9400.9
New JerseyAtlantic City1,240$22,2901.4
New JerseyCamden2,650$21,5900.8
New JerseyEdison5,290$21,5900.8
New JerseyNewark5,010$22,0900.8
New JerseyOcean City330$20,8901.4
New JerseyTrenton970$21,2300.7
New JerseyVineland220$20,1600.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,630$19,4700.6
New MexicoFarmington180$16,1100.6
New MexicoLas Cruces310$18,5800.9
New MexicoSanta Fe400$22,4201.1
New YorkAlbany4,160$20,3601.5
New YorkBinghamton1,110$18,8801.7
New YorkBuffalo6,050$18,9801.7
New YorkElmira530$19,490 2.8
New YorkGlens Falls740$19,620 2.5
New YorkIthaca640$21,460 2.7
New YorkKingston860$20,150 2.5
New YorkNassau12,580$23,2201.5
New YorkNew York48,630$23,0701.4
New YorkPoughkeepsie2,710$21,2401.8
New YorkRochester5,400$18,9001.7
New YorkSyracuse2,760$20,3801.4
New YorkUtica1,730$19,000 2.2
North CarolinaAsheville1,330$18,4901.2
North CarolinaBurlington400$18,2001.2
North CarolinaCharlotte6,650$18,0401.1
North CarolinaDurham2,200$18,2001.3
North CarolinaFayetteville890$17,7801.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro410$17,6902
North CarolinaGreensboro2,760$17,3401.2
North CarolinaGreenville650$17,2001.6
North CarolinaHickory1,280$19,2801.3
North CarolinaJacksonville450$17,1502
North CarolinaRaleigh3,670$18,6301.1
North CarolinaRocky Mount440$16,4201.3
North CarolinaWilmington1,620$17,9301.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem1,300$18,3301
North DakotaBismarck400$19,9501.2
North DakotaFargo610$18,6900.9
North DakotaGrand Forks240$21,2300.9
OhioAkron2,180$19,6801
OhioCanton1,110$17,7801
OhioCincinnati5,750$20,1600.8
OhioCleveland5,210$20,2100.8
OhioColumbus5,670$20,3100.9
OhioDayton2,650$18,9101.1
OhioLima170$19,0400.6
OhioMansfield340$19,0401.2
OhioSandusky160$19,4000.8
OhioSpringfield460$19,0001.7
OhioToledo1,750$19,3800.9
OhioYoungstown1,600$18,8801.1
OklahomaLawton150$15,2700.7
OklahomaOklahoma City3,270$16,9200.9
OklahomaTulsa1,910$16,2900.7
OregonBend470$21,7201.2
OregonCorvallis430$19,660 2.6
OregonEugene1,340$20,0401.4
OregonMedford540$21,3801.1
OregonPortland6,280$22,4400.9
OregonSalem1,130$21,5101.2
PennsylvaniaAllentown1,680$20,5500.8
PennsylvaniaAltoona430$18,4901.3
PennsylvaniaErie800$19,9301
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2,010$19,9901
PennsylvaniaJohnstown380$18,3801.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,820$19,5501.2
PennsylvaniaLebanon360$17,9901.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia11,310$21,4100.9
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh5,930$19,6100.8
PennsylvaniaReading840$19,2300.8
PennsylvaniaScranton1,530$19,8000.9
PennsylvaniaState College590$24,8501.8
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport200$19,3500.7
PennsylvaniaYork1,240$19,1901.1
Rhode IslandProvidence4,630$21,3901.3
South CarolinaAnderson480$16,8101.4
South CarolinaCharleston2,430$16,9301.3
South CarolinaColumbia3,500$16,2901.5
South CarolinaFlorence490$18,6901
South CarolinaGreenville1,590$17,4100.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1,470$18,270 2
South CarolinaSpartanburg890$18,5101.2
South CarolinaSumter340$16,6401.8
South DakotaRapid City500$17,3701.4
South DakotaSioux Falls1,160$18,6401.4
TennesseeChattanooga1,720$17,3401.2
TennesseeClarksville490$16,0901.1
TennesseeCleveland290$16,2601.5
TennesseeJackson190$20,0600.6
TennesseeJohnson City500$19,0301.1
TennesseeKingsport850$17,8601.2
TennesseeKnoxville1,870$19,9800.9
TennesseeMemphis4,050$18,2201
TennesseeMorristown190$18,1100.7
TennesseeNashville5,420$19,0401.1
TexasAbilene340$15,5700.9
TexasAmarillo170$18,0200.3
TexasAustin1,960$18,4600.4
TexasBeaumont670$17,0200.7
TexasBrownsville310$16,1000.4
TexasCollege Station410$15,6900.9
TexasCorpus Christi470$18,5600.4
TexasDallas5,740$17,2000.4
TexasEl Paso890$14,9500.5
TexasFort Worth2,430$17,4100.4
TexasHouston6,480$18,3000.4
TexasKilleen230$16,0600.3
TexasLaredo470$17,8201
TexasLongview280$15,7400.5
TexasLubbock570$18,4300.8
TexasMcallen600$15,8600.4
TexasMidland220$15,4600.6
TexasOdessa170$17,5600.5
TexasSan Angelo100$17,0600.4
TexasSan Antonio5,350$16,2401
TexasSherman130$16,8600.6
TexasTexarkana200$16,7300.6
TexasTyler310$16,0000.6
TexasVictoria190$16,1900.7
TexasWaco320$16,8700.6
TexasWichita Falls390$14,5001.2
UtahLogan290$15,6801.1
UtahOgden720$16,9800.6
UtahProvo1,870$16,4401.8
UtahSalt Lake City2,060$17,6700.5
UtahSt George320$18,2601.2
VermontBurlington590$20,9400.9
VirginiaBlacksburg310$17,6800.9
VirginiaCharlottesville440$20,5900.8
VirginiaDanville110$18,2500.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg260$20,5300.8
VirginiaLynchburg300$17,8600.5
VirginiaRichmond2,300$19,1900.6
VirginiaRoanoke1,110$18,6201.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,850$20,2600.6
VirginiaWinchester280$18,6100.9
WashingtonBellingham510$21,7101.1
WashingtonBremerton340$23,7400.7
WashingtonKennewick340$21,5800.6
WashingtonLongview210$21,3101.2
WashingtonMount Vernon350$21,9101.4
WashingtonOlympia400$21,5700.7
WashingtonSeattle6,710$23,8500.7
WashingtonSpokane990$21,2200.8
WashingtonTacoma1,230$22,8700.7
WashingtonWenatchee210$21,2201
WashingtonYakima530$21,5201.1
West VirginiaCharleston630$18,0000.7
West VirginiaHuntington800$17,0601.2
West VirginiaMorgantown430$18,8801.7
West VirginiaParkersburg340$17,3800.8
West VirginiaWeirton260$17,5901.1
West VirginiaWheeling450$17,7101.2
WisconsinAppleton580$17,9100.8
WisconsinEau Claire670$20,6201.5
WisconsinFond260$18,5901.1
WisconsinGreen Bay600$19,6500.6
WisconsinJanesville190$19,5000.5
WisconsinLa Crosse270$18,7000.7
WisconsinMadison1,630$20,3600.8
WisconsinMilwaukee3,450$19,5600.6
WisconsinOshkosh310$20,3800.6
WisconsinRacine290$18,8500.6
WisconsinSheboygan200$17,5400.6
WisconsinWausau210$18,0500.5
WyomingCasper340$18,8101.6
WyomingCheyenne350$19,4501.5
 

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