Highest-paying Cities for Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food

The top 100 highest paying cities for combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $27,930, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food. It is followed by Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts (average annual salary $27,850). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$27,930	$23,110	49,220
2	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$27,850	$23,600	140
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$27,730	$22,500	20,470
4	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$27,380	$22,070	3,070
5	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$26,880	$19,650	860
6	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$26,740	$21,920	850
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$26,100	$24,270	42,020
8	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$25,490	$24,200	4,340
9	Fairbanks, Alaska	$25,360	$21,550	380
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$25,340	$22,580	20,160
11	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$25,280	$24,180	1,550
12	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$25,260	$22,320	360
13	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$25,240	$20,030	2,480
14	Walla Walla, Washington	$25,230	$24,180	750
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$25,200	$22,640	3,490
16	Springfield, Massachusetts	$25,190	$23,710	8,350
17	Olympia, Washington	$25,190	$24,140	3,100
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$25,180	$23,330	35,650
19	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$25,170	$22,320	2,230
20	Ithaca, New York	$25,070	$21,690	1,420
21	Napa, California	$25,070	$22,640	1,550
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$25,060	$22,470	4,750
23	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$25,050	$23,490	50,080
24	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$24,990	$23,710	2,370
25	Yakima, Washington	$24,980	$24,100	3,010
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$24,960	$22,900	27,340
27	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$24,950	$24,110	1,420
28	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$24,940	$24,120	3,170
29	Bellingham, Washington	$24,900	$24,130	2,620
30	Spokane, Washington	$24,900	$24,090	6,320
31	Elmira, New York	$24,880	$22,150	1,220
32	Longview, Washington	$24,820	$24,080	1,370
33	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$24,810	$23,720	1,110
34	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$24,810	$24,090	2,450
35	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$24,780	$24,080	3,240
36	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$24,770	$23,270	1,710
37	Worcester, Massachusetts	$24,750	$23,460	6,910
38	Kingston, New York	$24,710	$21,890	1,440
39	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$24,680	$22,420	2,230
40	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$24,680	$22,490	38,230
41	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$24,630	$23,620	1,080
42	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$24,620	$21,500	24,880
43	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$24,620	$18,700	1,090
44	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$24,540	$23,720	1,280
45	New Haven, Connecticut	$24,540	$21,960	5,140
46	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$24,530	$22,540	2,120
47	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$24,520	$22,270	7,910
48	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$24,500	$22,410	7,990
49	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$24,500	$21,860	3,940
50	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$24,490	$22,380	1,580
51	Bismarck, North Dakota	$24,490	$20,390	1,250
52	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$24,460	$23,500	1,550
53	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$24,460	$22,270	4,650
54	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$24,450	$23,210	2,480
55	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$24,430	$20,960	680
56	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$24,410	$22,310	1,060
57	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$24,400	$20,080	1,590
58	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$24,390	$21,720	22,820
59	Tacoma, Washington	$24,360	$23,190	8,110
60	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$24,340	$22,440	3,810
61	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$24,340	$23,190	1,280
62	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$24,330	$20,440	144,820
63	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$24,320	$18,350	60,390
64	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$24,320	$22,390	141,680
65	El Centro, California	$24,320	$22,270	1,160
66	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$24,280	$22,330	44,350
67	St Cloud, Minnesota	$24,270	$20,850	3,050
68	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$24,260	$21,960	9,260
69	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$24,220	$23,160	1,860
70	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$24,210	$22,090	6,700
71	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$24,210	$21,900	13,080
72	Redding, California	$24,200	$22,270	1,490
73	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$24,180	$21,020	1,570
74	Salinas, California	$24,180	$22,400	4,160
75	Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$24,170	$22,890	90
76	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$24,140	$22,270	910
77	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$24,140	$22,360	24,530
78	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$24,110	$22,890	2,410
79	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$24,110	$22,890	1,620
80	Prescott, Arizona	$24,100	$21,850	2,530
81	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$24,090	$21,740	2,970
82	Stockton, California	$24,090	$22,280	7,780
83	Visalia-Porterville, California	$24,090	$22,420	4,090
84	Fresno, California	$24,060	$22,380	9,880
85	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$24,020	$22,270	3,260
86	Framingham, Massachusetts	$24,000	$22,900	3,220
87	Syracuse, New York	$23,980	$21,650	8,200
88	Boulder, Colorado	$23,950	$21,230	4,560
89	Yuba City, California	$23,940	$22,270	1,600
90	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$23,940	$21,840	10,700
91	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$23,930	$21,650	4,420
92	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$23,920	$21,790	1,930
93	Anchorage, Alaska	$23,890	$21,720	2,790
94	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$23,860	$22,310	3,630
95	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$23,830	$22,890	3,030
96	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$23,820	$22,260	1,500
97	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$23,810	$22,890	120
98	Billings, Montana	$23,810	$20,040	2,100
99	Odessa, Texas	$23,790	$18,690	2,260
100	Rochester, New York	$23,790	$21,710	12,270

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