Food Preparation Workers Salary in Houston, TX

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Houston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $23,250 a year or less, while the top 10% make $41,870 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Houston earn between $28,110 and $37,790.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Houston

On the average salary of $33,220, a single filer in Houston takes home about $28,872 a year, or $2,406 a month and $1,110 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Houston area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.6), so the average $33,220 buys what about $33,682 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Houston ($49,410). A typical home costs $308,306, or 9.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Texas cities

Houston ranks 3rd of 26 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($34,550).

All Food Preparation Workers salaries in Texas

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 Houston

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$35,500 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$32,970 a year
• Cooks, All Other$32,610 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$27,730 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$26,360 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$54,810 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,350 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$31,510 a year

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