Food Preparation Workers Salary in Rockford, IL

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Rockford

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $39,890 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Rockford earn between $31,200 and $35,040.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Rockford

On the average salary of $34,330, a single filer in Rockford takes home about $28,206 a year, or $2,350 a month and $1,085 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 Rockford a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Rockford area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.2), so the average $34,330 buys what about $37,253 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Rockford ($47,120). A typical home costs $221,368, or 6.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Illinois cities

Rockford ranks 3rd 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).

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Related jobs in Rockford

• Cooks, Restaurant$36,730 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$35,790 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$35,350 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$33,690 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$53,670 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,390 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$35,200 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$34,970 a year

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