Food Preparation Workers Salary in Bismarck, ND

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Bismarck

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,760 a year or less, while the top 10% make $45,540 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Bismarck earn between $35,840 and $40,080.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Bismarck

On the average salary of $37,450, a single filer in Bismarck takes home about $32,271 a year, or $2,689 a month and $1,241 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Bismarck area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.0), so the average $37,450 buys what about $41,143 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Bismarck ($52,560). A typical home costs $356,992, or 9.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other North Dakota cities

Bismarck ranks 1st of 4 North Dakota metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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 Bismarck

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$40,230 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$37,010 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,510 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$37,880 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$37,330 a year
• Bartenders$34,350 a year
• Dishwashers$31,890 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$31,130 a year

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