The annual salary statistics of food preparation workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food preparation workers in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $19,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,250 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food preparation workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $36,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,150.
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 | $27,600 | 13.04% | 29.02% |
| 2021 | $24,000 | 18.75% | - |
| 2020 | $19,500 | -24.05% | - |
| 2019 | $24,190 | 2.56% | - |
| 2018 | $23,570 | 10.82% | - |
| 2017 | $21,020 | 0.05% | - |
| 2016 | $21,010 | 0.57% | - |
| 2015 | $20,890 | 0.53% | - |
| 2014 | $20,780 | 3.13% | - |
| 2013 | $20,130 | 2.68% | - |
| 2012 | $19,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $27,600, Lexington-Fayette is the second highest paying city for food preparation workers in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Louisville-Jefferson County (median annual salary of $28,500). Compared with Louisville-Jefferson County, the median annual salary of food preparation workers in Lexington-Fayette is 3.2 percent (3.2%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Evansville | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| Owensboro | |
| Bowling Green | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |