Food Preparation Workers Salary in Bloomington, IL

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Bloomington

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $38,080 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Bloomington earn between $31,200 and $35,020.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Bloomington

On the average salary of $33,590, a single filer in Bloomington takes home about $27,648 a year, or $2,304 a month and $1,063 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Bloomington area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.5), so the average $33,590 buys what about $35,911 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Bloomington ($53,140). A typical home costs $260,134, or 7.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Illinois cities

Bloomington ranks 7th of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($36,980).

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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 Bloomington

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$39,170 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$35,860 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$32,770 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$57,290 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,810 a year
• Bartenders$35,960 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$35,320 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$34,020 a year

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