Food Preparation Workers Salary in Lakeland, FL

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Lakeland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,040 a year or less, while the top 10% make $38,200 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Lakeland earn between $29,440 and $36,300.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Lakeland

On the average salary of $33,550, a single filer in Lakeland takes home about $29,137 a year, or $2,428 a month and $1,121 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Lakeland area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.1), so the average $33,550 buys what about $34,537 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Lakeland ($46,140). A typical home costs $298,816, or 8.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Florida cities

Lakeland ranks 19th of 22 Florida metro areas for this job; Naples pays the most ($38,130).

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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).

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Related jobs in Lakeland

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,970 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$35,960 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$34,010 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$55,900 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,400 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$39,980 a year
• Bartenders$39,220 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,850 a year

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