Food Preparation Workers Salary in Niles, MI

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Niles

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $25,960 a year or less, while the top 10% make $36,770 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Niles earn between $27,890 and $35,150.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Niles

On the average salary of $31,480, a single filer in Niles takes home about $26,383 a year, or $2,199 a month and $1,015 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 (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Niles area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.4), so the average $31,480 buys what about $34,080 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Niles ($45,980). A typical home costs $282,443, or 9.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Michigan cities

Niles ranks 10th of 15 Michigan metro areas for this job; Ann Arbor pays the most ($34,160).

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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 Niles

• Cooks, Restaurant$36,720 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,350 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$29,080 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$62,300 a year
• Bartenders$45,280 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$43,960 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,220 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$33,240 a year

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