Highest-paying Cities for Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

The top 100 highest paying cities for food preparation and serving related workers, all other (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 food preparation and serving related workers, all other in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $55,530, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for food preparation and serving related workers, all other. It is followed by Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas (average annual salary $42,450). 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 food preparation and serving related workers, all other in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,530	$22,810	380
2	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$42,450	$17,890	120
3	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$41,840	$22,960	660
4	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$38,330	$28,190	150
5	Danbury, Connecticut	$38,290	$24,960	30
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,020	$36,380	970
7	Spokane, Washington	$37,640	$30,140	120
8	Napa, California	$37,340	$33,590	300
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$37,210	$33,590	90
10	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$36,790	$27,170	40
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$36,720	$31,680	2,630
12	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$36,070	$28,810	170
13	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,050	$27,970	370
14	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,880	$33,440	330
15	Prescott, Arizona	$35,710	$22,370	n/a
16	St Louis, Missouri	$35,590	$23,610	390
17	Framingham, Massachusetts	$35,540	$24,230	n/a
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$35,190	$27,370	2,680
19	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$35,100	$28,120	310
20	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$35,060	$31,650	70
21	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$34,980	$26,550	110
22	Fresno, California	$34,710	$29,120	550
23	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$34,600	$29,550	50
24	Chico, California	$34,590	$29,440	130
25	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$34,580	$27,850	100
26	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$34,580	$27,100	160
27	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$34,440	$17,060	n/a
28	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$34,310	$22,900	460
29	Boulder, Colorado	$34,270	$29,490	150
30	New Haven, Connecticut	$34,260	$28,860	110
31	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$34,220	$20,310	40
32	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$34,200	$24,760	50
33	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$34,100	$24,460	240
34	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$34,030	$30,810	60
35	Billings, Montana	$33,990	$20,510	40
36	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$33,910	$17,910	40
37	Tucson, Arizona	$33,800	$28,500	190
38	Kansas City, Missouri	$33,660	$24,110	230
39	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$33,610	$26,810	30
40	Salinas, California	$33,610	$31,200	260
41	El Centro, California	$33,580	$29,940	50
42	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$33,480	$30,100	440
43	Redding, California	$33,400	$29,500	80
44	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,380	$31,130	100
45	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$33,330	$30,520	960
46	Burlington, North Carolina	$33,280	$16,210	70
47	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$33,230	$31,020	980
48	Stockton, California	$33,180	$29,880	230
49	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$33,060	$30,930	250
50	Modesto, California	$32,750	$30,570	210
51	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$32,710	$30,940	2,370
52	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$32,670	$30,830	240
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$32,630	$31,190	7,240
54	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$32,620	$23,970	1,520
55	Camden, New Jersey	$32,600	$24,500	260
56	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$32,460	$27,310	150
57	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$32,190	$29,580	760
58	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$32,050	$30,810	140
59	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$31,640	$21,960	200
60	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$31,600	$28,080	50
61	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$31,590	$25,790	130
62	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$31,400	$29,950	100
63	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$31,350	$28,100	280
64	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$31,270	$24,140	50
65	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$31,200	$30,440	90
66	Syracuse, New York	$31,160	$27,460	60
67	Grand Junction, Colorado	$31,020	$27,500	50
68	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$31,000	$29,120	2,830
69	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$30,850	$27,370	6,540
70	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$30,590	$27,780	90
71	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$30,590	$21,210	330
72	Abilene, Texas	$30,540	$25,470	80
73	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$30,500	$30,500	n/a
74	Rochester, New York	$30,500	$26,000	40
75	Greeley, Colorado	$30,460	$26,510	70
76	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$30,300	$18,810	120
77	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$30,270	$26,800	110
78	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$30,250	$29,550	250
79	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$30,140	$30,140	110
80	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$30,140	$30,140	50
81	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$30,050	$27,040	510
82	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$30,050	$27,760	3,490
83	Yuba City, California	$30,040	$29,570	40
84	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$30,010	$24,470	40
85	Merced, California	$29,980	$29,120	50
86	Visalia-Porterville, California	$29,950	$29,510	110
87	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$29,950	$22,880	2,360
88	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$29,940	$29,120	30
89	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$29,920	$27,040	600
90	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$29,560	$22,880	60
91	Bend, Oregon	$29,500	$25,890	30
92	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$29,380	$18,970	60
93	Ocean City, New Jersey	$29,360	$27,040	120
94	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$29,190	$26,000	160
95	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$29,180	$27,460	100
96	St Joseph, Missouri	$29,120	$23,190	30
97	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$29,120	$29,120	300
98	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$29,120	$26,620	1,430
99	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$28,980	$22,810	130
100	Rockford, Illinois	$28,940	$24,960	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for food preparation and serving related workers, all other.