Food Preparation Workers Salary in Anchorage, AK

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,300 a year or less, while the top 10% make $45,680 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Anchorage earn between $33,130 and $38,210.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $36,710, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $31,676 a year, or $2,640 a month and $1,218 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Anchorage a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Anchorage area are 5% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 105.4), so the average $36,710 buys what about $34,823 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 11.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Alaska cities

Anchorage ranks 1st of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for food preparation workers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($48,150).

Food Preparation Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Anchorage

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$49,020 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$41,860 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$39,980 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$34,270 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$57,110 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,080 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$39,070 a year
• Bartenders$38,530 a year

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