Food Preparation Workers Salary in Pocatello, ID

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Pocatello

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,150 a year or less, while the top 10% make $36,260 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Pocatello earn between $26,630 and $34,720.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Pocatello

On the average salary of $30,890, a single filer in Pocatello takes home about $26,471 a year, or $2,206 a month and $1,018 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Idaho's zero bracket uses the latest published amount ($4,811, 2025).

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

Prices in the Pocatello area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.9), so the average $30,890 buys what about $34,745 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Pocatello ($45,160). A typical home costs $354,583, or 11.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Idaho cities

Pocatello ranks 6th of 6 Idaho metro areas for this job; Coeur d'Alene pays the most ($35,200).

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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 Pocatello

• Cooks, Restaurant$34,530 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$33,430 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$28,390 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$39,810 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$34,250 a year
• Bartenders$29,550 a year
• Dishwashers$28,860 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,840 a year

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