The annual salary statistics of food preparation workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food preparation workers in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $27,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,770 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $35,940 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food preparation workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $35,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,460.
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 | $28,580 | 1.78% | 7.07% |
| 2021 | $28,070 | 8.94% | - |
| 2020 | $25,560 | 4.50% | - |
| 2019 | $24,410 | 5.82% | - |
| 2018 | $22,990 | 2.26% | - |
| 2017 | $22,470 | -18.20% | - |
| 2016 | $26,560 | 17.73% | - |
| 2015 | $21,850 | -21.56% | - |
| 2012 | $26,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,580 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for food preparation workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of food preparation workers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 19.3 percent (19.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 32.3 percent (32.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.