Food Preparation Workers Salary in Minot, ND

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Minot

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,480 a year or less, while the top 10% make $43,930 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Minot earn between $32,900 and $38,520.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Minot

On the average salary of $36,250, a single filer in Minot takes home about $31,307 a year, or $2,609 a month and $1,204 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 Minot a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Minot area are 13% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.0), so the average $36,250 buys what about $41,653 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Minot ($48,940). A typical home costs $268,181, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other North Dakota cities

Minot ranks 3rd of 4 North Dakota metro areas for this job; Bismarck pays the most ($37,450).

All Food Preparation Workers salaries in North Dakota

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 Minot

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,260 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,310 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$31,420 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,360 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$37,020 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$36,310 a year
• Bartenders$32,660 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,080 a year

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