The annual salary statistics of food preparation workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food preparation workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $17,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $19,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $21,820 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $25,140 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $29,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food preparation workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $29,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $21,820. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food preparation workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $21,820 | 15.63% | 19.34% |
| 2021 | $18,410 | -17.11% | - |
| 2020 | $21,560 | 5.29% | - |
| 2019 | $20,420 | 6.81% | - |
| 2018 | $19,030 | 2.73% | - |
| 2017 | $18,510 | 1.62% | - |
| 2016 | $18,210 | -4.39% | - |
| 2015 | $19,010 | 5.21% | - |
| 2014 | $18,020 | 1.05% | - |
| 2013 | $17,830 | 1.29% | - |
| 2012 | $17,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $21,820 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for food preparation workers in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of food preparation workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 8.5 percent (8.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Daphne-Fairhope-Foley and 3.6 percent (3.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Gadsden.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Decatur | |
| Huntsville | |
| Montgomery | |
| Mobile | |
| Dothan | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Gadsden |