Food Preparation Workers Salary in Eugene, OR

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Eugene

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,840 a year or less, while the top 10% make $45,380 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Eugene earn between $33,670 and $40,310.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Eugene

On the average salary of $37,420, a single filer in Eugene takes home about $29,732 a year, or $2,478 a month and $1,144 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% 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 Eugene a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Eugene area are 2% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.6), so the average $37,420 buys what about $36,842 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Eugene ($49,680). A typical home costs $459,366, or 12.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Oregon cities

Eugene ranks 6th 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).

Food Preparation Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Eugene

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$44,060 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,920 a year
• Cooks, All Other$40,060 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$36,500 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$36,130 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,060 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$47,580 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,660 a year

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