How does Food Preparation Workers pay in Wisconsin compare to the national average?

Wisconsin Food Preparation Workers salaries are 4% below the US national median of $34,220 per year.

What is the salary range for a Food Preparation Workers in Wisconsin?

Food Preparation Workers salaries in Wisconsin range from $23,910 (10th percentile) to $42,370 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Food Preparation Workers Salary in Wisconsin

SOC 35-2021 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Food Preparation Workers in Wisconsin is $32,810 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $15.78 per hour. This is 4% below the national median of $34,220. 19,940 people work as Food Preparation Workers in Wisconsin. Wages have grown 72% since 2014, when the median was $19,060.

Median Annual Salary

$32,810

Mean Annual

$32,980

Median Hourly

$15.78

Total Employed

19,940

Location Quotient

1.18

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$24k

10th

$28k

25th

$33k

Median

$37k

75th

$42k

90th

How This Compares

Wisconsin

$32,810

this metro

United States

$34,220

you earn -4% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$32,810	$32,980	19,940
2023	$30,080	$31,200	20,180
2022	$28,620	$29,180	20,360
2021	$25,010	$26,540	18,650
2020	$22,850	$23,930	13,050
2019	$21,960	$23,080	12,010
2018	$21,960	$23,010	7,860
2017	$21,330	$22,140	8,690
2016	$19,840	$20,870	10,110
2015	$19,180	$20,250	11,160
2014	$19,060	$20,280	11,600

Related Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Jobs in Wisconsin

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

Chefs and Head Cooks	$60,170
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$38,700
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$37,840
Cooks, Restaurant	$36,940
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$34,850
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$34,490

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