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Professional Food Preparers Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

About 902,000 professional food preparers can be found working in the US. A very high unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 8%.

Flexibility

Self-employed professional food preparers represent an estimated 1% of the total. Workers working part-time accounted for 45% of those employed in 2006.

Education

You'll generally want short-term on-the-job training for this career path. Of current professional food preparers, 7% graduated from college with degrees. Some 19% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 74% of employees.

Local Outlook

Finding professional food preparers is easiest in Corvallis (Oregon), Alexandria (Louisiana), and Pascagoula (Mississippi), and by comparison more challenging in Fort Worth (Texas), Wichita Falls (Texas), and Laredo (Texas). The pay is best in Anchorage (Alaska), Napa (California), and Seattle (Washington) and worst in Gadsden (Alabama), Lafayette (Louisiana), and Farmington (New Mexico).

Detailed local employment conditions for Professional Food Preparers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Professional Food Preparers

Employment info for Professional Food Preparers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.33370$15,000
AlabamaAuburn0.92230$15,000
AlabamaBirmingham0.943,170$17,000
AlabamaDecatur1.15350$15,000
AlabamaDothan0.92350$17,000
AlabamaFlorence1.19350$15,000
AlabamaGadsden1.69300$14,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.8990$17,000
AlabamaMobile0.86960$15,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.131,180$16,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.39670$15,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.061,040$28,000
AlaskaFairbanks1.1190$23,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.78540$18,000
ArizonaPhoenix1.0513,150$23,000
ArizonaPrescott1.92710$20,000
ArizonaTucson1.182,850$22,000
ArizonaYuma0.71250$18,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.841,040$17,000
ArkansasFort Smith0.78550$17,000
ArkansasHot Springs1.9380$18,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.29350$17,000
ArkansasLittle Rock0.942,010$17,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.1210$16,000
CaliforniaBakersfield1.031,710$19,000
CaliforniaChico1.64700$19,000
CaliforniaEl Centro0.91260$21,000
CaliforniaFresno1.122,370$18,000
CaliforniaHanford1.66300$20,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.9526,120$20,000
CaliforniaMerced1.31450$18,000
CaliforniaModesto1.171,200$21,000
CaliforniaNapa1.98720$24,000
CaliforniaOakland0.986,560$22,000
CaliforniaOxnard1.032,020$19,000
CaliforniaRedding0.76300$21,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.948,100$20,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.965,680$20,000
CaliforniaSalinas1.41,320$20,000
CaliforniaSan Diego1.089,440$20,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco1.268,030$23,000
CaliforniaSan Jose1.016,010$21,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1.951,220$20,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.939,420$20,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1.451,510$20,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1.62840$21,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1.351,630$23,000
CaliforniaStockton1.021,350$21,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.01760$21,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.371,150$21,000
CaliforniaYuba City0.66150$19,000
ColoradoBoulder1.141,110$21,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.991,610$20,000
ColoradoDenver0.766,140$20,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.461,100$19,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.32440$19,000
ColoradoGreeley1.39620$18,000
ColoradoPueblo1.67500$19,000
ConnecticutBridgeport1.243,520$23,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.58650$23,000
ConnecticutHartford1.084,010$22,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.312,320$23,000
ConnecticutNorwich2.051,530$22,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.53630$22,000
DelawareDover1.26410$18,000
DelawareWilmington0.691,450$20,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.8312,720$21,000
FloridaCape Coral1.291,760$19,000
FloridaDeltona1.461,450$18,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.854,180$20,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.16550$19,000
FloridaGainesville1.14770$19,000
FloridaJacksonville0.913,600$18,000
FloridaLakeland0.73920$19,000
FloridaMiami0.936,060$19,000
FloridaNaples1.741,380$21,000
FloridaOcala0.82480$20,000
FloridaOrlando0.96,300$19,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.21,500$21,000
FloridaPanama City1.27520$18,000
FloridaPensacola0.96930$18,000
FloridaPort St Lucie0.96780$20,000
FloridaPunta Gorda1.19270$23,000
FloridaSarasota1.22,160$21,000
FloridaSebastian1.95530$20,000
FloridaTallahassee0.85870$18,000
FloridaTampa0.816,690$20,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach0.963,520$22,000
GeorgiaAlbany0.78270$16,000
GeorgiaAthens0.98430$18,000
GeorgiaAtlanta1.117,330$20,000
GeorgiaAugusta0.981,250$17,000
GeorgiaBrunswick0.72160$18,000
GeorgiaColumbus0.91610$18,000
GeorgiaDalton0.52240$19,000
GeorgiaHinesville0.5230$17,000
GeorgiaMacon0.82490$17,000
GeorgiaRome1.91390$16,000
GeorgiaSavannah1940$18,000
GeorgiaValdosta0.96270$17,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins2.11590$18,000
HawaiiHonolulu1.684,590$20,000
IdahoBoise0.751,280$19,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene2.2630$18,000
IdahoIdaho Falls1.01270$18,000
IdahoLewiston0.88100$18,000
IdahoPocatello0.65110$20,000
IllinoisBloomington1.77680$19,000
IllinoisChampaign1.19620$19,000
IllinoisChicago1.3133,160$19,000
IllinoisDanville1.2160$19,000
IllinoisDecatur1.68440$17,000
IllinoisKankakee2.38510$19,000
IllinoisPeoria1.451,490$17,000
IllinoisRockford1.131,050$17,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.33820$19,000
IndianaAnderson1.51320$16,000
IndianaBloomington1.43580$18,000
IndianaColumbus1.04240$17,000
IndianaElkhart0.75600$17,000
IndianaEvansville0.82890$17,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.071,450$17,000
IndianaGary1.252,220$19,000
IndianaIndianapolis0.995,740$19,000
IndianaKokomo1.99500$17,000
IndianaLafayette1.09480$18,000
IndianaMichigan City1.2290$18,000
IndianaMuncie2.44660$16,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.561,330$17,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.79710$18,000
IowaAmes1.94410$17,000
IowaCedar Rapids0.96790$19,000
IowaDavenport0.991,110$17,000
IowaDes Moines0.71,440$19,000
IowaDubuque1.12340$18,000
IowaIowa City1.14460$20,000
IowaSioux City1.31540$16,000
IowaWaterloo0.99480$17,000
KansasLawrence2.35570$16,000
KansasTopeka1.52990$16,000
KansasWichita0.851,640$17,000
KentuckyBowling Green0.91290$19,000
KentuckyElizabethtown0.78190$18,000
KentuckyLexington0.811,250$20,000
KentuckyLouisville0.612,420$20,000
KentuckyOwensboro0.74200$16,000
LouisianaAlexandria3.241,090$15,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge2.45,510$15,000
LouisianaHouma2.691,500$16,000
LouisianaLafayette2.622,200$14,000
LouisianaLake Charles2.061,070$15,000
LouisianaMonroe2.12960$15,000
LouisianaNew Orleans2.558,250$16,000
LouisianaShreveport1.71,780$16,000
MaineBangor1.37510$21,000
MaineLewiston1.56430$20,000
MainePortland1.311,610$21,000
MarylandBaltimore0.978,170$20,000
MarylandBethesda0.853,110$21,000
MarylandCumberland1.7330$18,000
MarylandHagerstown1.841,110$18,000
MarylandSalisbury1.02300$19,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.731,040$22,000
MassachusettsBoston1.112,240$22,000
MassachusettsBrockton0.96500$21,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.81800$21,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.71790$20,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.35460$20,000
MassachusettsLowell1.19860$20,000
MassachusettsLynn1.33800$20,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.33480$21,000
MassachusettsPittsfield1.42280$21,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.212,330$21,000
MassachusettsTaunton1.1290$21,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.472,350$22,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.021,090$22,000
MichiganBattle Creek3.02860$17,000
MichiganBay City1.36250$19,000
MichiganFlint1.31,150$19,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.182,910$19,000
MichiganHolland0.58370$20,000
MichiganJackson1.02320$21,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.441,250$19,000
MichiganLansing1.031,290$21,000
MichiganMonroe1.33290$17,000
MichiganMuskegon1.76630$17,000
MichiganNiles1.37480$19,000
MichiganSaginaw1.9920$18,000
MichiganWarren0.997,570$21,000
MinnesotaDuluth0.71550$22,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.576,770$21,000
MinnesotaRochester0.97480$23,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.04620$19,000
MississippiGulfport2.361,490$16,000
MississippiHattiesburg2.7900$16,000
MississippiJackson2.243,580$15,000
MississippiPascagoula3.13760$15,000
MissouriColumbia0.54260$19,000
MissouriJefferson City0.47190$17,000
MissouriJoplin0.65300$18,000
MissouriKansas City0.795,250$19,000
MissouriSpringfield0.57690$18,000
MissouriSt Joseph0.55150$18,000
MissouriSt Louis0.786,890$18,000
MontanaBillings0.73350$19,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.23230$17,000
MontanaMissoula0.85260$18,000
NebraskaLincoln1.191,160$17,000
NebraskaOmaha0.992,920$18,000
NevadaCarson City1.02160$19,000
NevadaLas Vegas1.046,360$24,000
NevadaReno0.921,260$19,000
New HampshireManchester0.85510$20,000
New HampshireNashua0.79670$18,000
New HampshirePortsmouth0.87290$23,000
New HampshireRochester0.73230$21,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.441,230$20,000
New JerseyCamden0.642,200$20,000
New JerseyEdison0.734,890$21,000
New JerseyNewark0.644,200$21,000
New JerseyOcean City1.45330$20,000
New JerseyTrenton0.52720$20,000
New JerseyVineland0.51170$19,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.571,420$18,000
New MexicoFarmington0.34100$14,000
New MexicoLas Cruces0.68230$17,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.69520$20,000
New YorkAlbany1.624,540$20,000
New YorkBinghamton1.741,150$18,000
New YorkBuffalo1.75,880$19,000
New YorkElmira2.51520$20,000
New YorkGlens Falls2.51720$19,000
New YorkIthaca2.42530$21,000
New YorkKingston2.29790$20,000
New YorkNassau1.6213,180$23,000
New YorkNew York1.3745,350$23,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.872,840$21,000
New YorkRochester1.745,620$18,000
New YorkSyracuse1.723,330$19,000
New YorkUtica2.181,690$18,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.741,930$17,000
North CarolinaBurlington1.08360$18,000
North CarolinaCharlotte15,670$18,000
North CarolinaDurham1.091,820$18,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.19860$17,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro2.66590$17,000
North CarolinaGreensboro1.152,760$17,000
North CarolinaGreenville1.96800$16,000
North CarolinaHickory0.961,000$17,000
North CarolinaJacksonville2.07450$16,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.23,920$18,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount0.96330$17,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.61,410$18,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.041,420$17,000
North DakotaBismarck1.36430$19,000
North DakotaFargo0.46320$20,000
North DakotaGrand Forks0.89250$21,000
OhioAkron0.921,980$19,000
OhioCanton0.87930$18,000
OhioCincinnati0.966,490$20,000
OhioCleveland0.85,610$19,000
OhioColumbus0.975,850$20,000
OhioDayton1.172,960$18,000
OhioLima0.74230$19,000
OhioMansfield1.04310$18,000
OhioSandusky1.19230$19,000
OhioSpringfield1.27350$19,000
OhioToledo1.022,120$19,000
OhioYoungstown1.051,580$18,000
OklahomaLawton0.96190$14,000
OklahomaOklahoma City0.93,290$16,000
OklahomaTulsa0.852,320$15,000
OregonBend1.24500$21,000
OregonCorvallis3.59590$19,000
OregonEugene1.241,150$20,000
OregonMedford1.19590$20,000
OregonPortland0.926,270$22,000
OregonSalem1.231,130$20,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown0.731,550$19,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona0.99350$17,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.14910$19,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.142,180$19,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown0.84280$18,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.191,750$20,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.27320$18,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia0.9611,730$20,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.785,840$19,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.041,060$19,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.552,560$19,000
PennsylvaniaState College2.06710$22,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport0.88250$19,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.041,160$19,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.24,550$20,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.38470$17,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.242,290$16,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.553,430$16,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.851,660$18,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1.861,350$18,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.12840$17,000
South DakotaRapid City1.64580$16,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.361,130$18,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.331,870$17,000
TennesseeClarksville0.93420$16,000
TennesseeCleveland1.49310$15,000
TennesseeJackson0.94290$19,000
TennesseeJohnson City1.2540$18,000
TennesseeKingsport1.34920$16,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.921,940$19,000
TennesseeMemphis0.973,960$18,000
TennesseeMorristown0.65170$17,000
TennesseeNashville0.83,960$19,000
TexasAbilene0.58200$16,000
TexasAmarillo0.5300$16,000
TexasAustin0.452,200$20,000
TexasBeaumont0.43420$16,000
TexasBrownsville0.39290$15,000
TexasCollege Station0.56260$16,000
TexasCorpus Christi0.4430$16,000
TexasDallas0.45,390$18,000
TexasEl Paso0.4660$16,000
TexasFort Worth0.321,750$17,000
TexasHouston0.355,710$17,000
TexasKilleen0.4280$16,000
TexasLaredo0.23110$15,000
TexasLongview0.59320$16,000
TexasLubbock0.5350$17,000
TexasMcallen0.61800$15,000
TexasMidland0.39140$16,000
TexasOdessa0.36110$16,000
TexasSan Angelo0.61130$16,000
TexasSan Antonio0.824,350$16,000
TexasSherman0.82180$16,000
TexasTexarkana0.71200$16,000
TexasTyler0.72390$16,000
TexasVictoria0.72190$16,000
TexasWaco0.43250$17,000
TexasWichita Falls0.31100$16,000
UtahLogan1.44340$15,000
UtahOgden0.78930$16,000
UtahProvo1.271,330$17,000
UtahSalt Lake City0.752,950$17,000
UtahSt George1.51420$17,000
VermontBurlington0.81540$21,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.25400$17,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.78440$19,000
VirginiaDanville0.92180$17,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg0.81250$20,000
VirginiaLynchburg0.57350$18,000
VirginiaRichmond0.522,060$19,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.061,040$18,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.62,940$19,000
VirginiaWinchester0.53160$19,000
WashingtonBellingham1.03480$21,000
WashingtonBremerton0.73340$22,000
WashingtonKennewick0.78400$20,000
WashingtonLongview1.9350$19,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.29310$21,000
WashingtonOlympia0.58330$22,000
WashingtonSeattle0.595,510$24,000
WashingtonSpokane0.781,020$20,000
WashingtonTacoma0.711,220$23,000
WashingtonWenatchee0.75170$21,000
WashingtonYakima0.84400$21,000
West VirginiaCharleston0.76680$18,000
West VirginiaHuntington0.84580$17,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.63470$18,000
West VirginiaParkersburg0.7280$17,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.18270$19,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.24470$18,000
WisconsinAppleton0.79550$18,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.09480$20,000
WisconsinFond1.19280$17,000
WisconsinGreen Bay0.47480$20,000
WisconsinJanesville0.44170$19,000
WisconsinLa Crosse0.87360$18,000
WisconsinMadison0.741,550$19,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.63,360$20,000
WisconsinOshkosh0.69340$21,000
WisconsinRacine1.01460$19,000
WisconsinSheboygan0.58190$20,000
WisconsinWausau0.5200$19,000
WyomingCasper0.85170$19,000

 

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