Combined Food Preparation and Serving Worker, Including Fast Food Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

The annual salary statistics of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$17,270
25th Percentile Wage
$19,430
50th Percentile Wage
$22,390
75th Percentile Wage
$25,400
90th Percentile Wage
$29,620

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $29,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,270.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$22,390
7.82% 17.55%
2017
$20,640
3.73% -
2016
$19,870
6.24% -
2015
$18,630
0.21% -
2014
$18,590
0.65% -
2013
$18,470
0.05% -
2012
$18,460
- -

Table 2. Compare Combined Food Preparation and Serving Worker, Including Fast Food Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $22,390, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Odessa (median annual salary of $23,790). Compared with Odessa, the median annual salary of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 5.9 percent (5.9%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Odessa
$23,790
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$22,390
Midland
$20,640
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$20,490
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$19,820
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$19,590
Amarillo
$19,560
Sherman-Denison
$19,490
Texarkana-Texarkana
$19,470
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$19,400
San Angelo
$19,350
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$19,240
Abilene
$19,230
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$19,220
Waco
$19,200
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$19,150
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$19,110
Corpus Christi
$19,050
College Station-Bryan
$19,040
Victoria
$19,020
Tyler
$18,940
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,870
Brownsville-Harlingen
$18,850
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,760
Longview
$18,720
Wichita Falls
$18,710
Lubbock
$18,560
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,530
Fort Worth-Arlington
$18,530
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,500
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$18,470
Laredo
$18,410
El Paso
$18,330

See also: Top paying jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas.