Food Preparation Workers Salary in Jackson, MS

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $18,720 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,240 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Jackson earn between $21,040 and $33,540.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $27,550, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $23,927 a year, or $1,994 a month and $920 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 Jackson a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Jackson area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.0), so the average $27,550 buys what about $30,938 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 7.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Mississippi cities

Jackson ranks 2nd of 3 Mississippi metro areas for this job; Hattiesburg pays the most ($29,100).

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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 Jackson

• Cooks, Restaurant$29,000 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$28,260 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$28,210 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$22,840 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$60,760 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,640 a year
• Bartenders$37,090 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$31,350 a year

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