Food Preparation Workers Salary in Hammond, LA

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Hammond

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,940 a year or less, while the top 10% make $33,790 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Hammond earn between $21,150 and $28,210.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Hammond

On the average salary of $24,790, a single filer in Hammond takes home about $21,667 a year, or $1,806 a month and $833 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Hammond area are 16% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 84.5), so the average $24,790 buys what about $29,351 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Hammond ($38,480). A typical home costs $225,222, or 9.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Louisiana cities

Hammond ranks 7th of 10 Louisiana metro areas for this job; New Orleans pays the most ($27,140).

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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 Hammond

• Cooks, Short Order$32,250 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$28,640 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$25,420 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$45,700 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$38,590 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$26,020 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$25,800 a year
• Bartenders$25,600 a year

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