Food Preparation Workers Salary in Wildwood, FL

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Wildwood

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,780 a year or less, while the top 10% make $39,660 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Wildwood earn between $30,470 and $37,380.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Wildwood

On the average salary of $34,380, a single filer in Wildwood takes home about $29,804 a year, or $2,484 a month and $1,146 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 Wildwood a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Wildwood area are 15% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.4), so the average $34,380 buys what about $40,246 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Wildwood ($45,830). A typical home costs $389,720, or 11.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Florida cities

Wildwood ranks 14th 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 Wildwood

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,430 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,970 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$60,610 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,470 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$42,850 a year
• Bartenders$40,770 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$32,480 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$31,480 a year

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