Food Preparation Workers Salary in Corvallis, OR

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Corvallis

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,070 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,920 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Corvallis earn between $34,520 and $37,140.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Corvallis

On the average salary of $37,000, a single filer in Corvallis takes home about $29,427 a year, or $2,452 a month and $1,132 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

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

Prices in the Corvallis area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 104.0), so the average $37,000 buys what about $35,571 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Corvallis ($57,680). A typical home costs $562,829, or 15.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Oregon cities

Corvallis ranks 8th of 8 Oregon metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($41,410).

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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 Corvallis

• Cooks, Short Order$48,580 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$42,130 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,940 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,990 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$62,230 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$49,030 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,440 a year
• Bartenders$46,370 a year

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