The annual salary statistics of food preparation workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food preparation workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $23,220 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $39,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food preparation workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $39,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,220.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food preparation workers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $27,450 | 6.96% | 14.39% |
| 2016 | $25,540 | 0.94% | - |
| 2015 | $25,300 | 4.66% | - |
| 2014 | $24,120 | 3.52% | - |
| 2013 | $23,270 | -0.99% | - |
| 2012 | $23,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $27,450 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for food preparation workers in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of food preparation workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 22.4 percent (22.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area and 21.5 percent (21.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Worcester | |
| Springfield | |
| New Bedford | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Peabody | |
| Framingham | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area |