Food Preparation Workers Salary in Lawrence, KS

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Lawrence

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,130 a year or less, while the top 10% make $38,630 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Lawrence earn between $27,750 and $34,980.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Lawrence

On the average salary of $31,300, a single filer in Lawrence takes home about $26,366 a year, or $2,197 a month and $1,014 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Lawrence area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $31,300 buys what about $34,684 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Lawrence ($47,390). A typical home costs $340,687, or 10.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Kansas cities

Lawrence ranks 2nd of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job; Topeka pays the most ($32,170).

All Food Preparation Workers salaries in Kansas

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 Lawrence

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,760 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,560 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$30,960 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$48,330 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,790 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$42,210 a year
• Bartenders$39,160 a year
• Dishwashers$28,270 a year

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