Food Preparation Workers Salary in Laredo, TX

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Laredo

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $20,630 a year or less, while the top 10% make $38,620 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Laredo earn between $22,690 and $36,680.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Laredo

On the average salary of $29,370, a single filer in Laredo takes home about $25,779 a year, or $2,148 a month and $991 every two weeks. Taxes take 12% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Laredo area are 13% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.0), so the average $29,370 buys what about $33,776 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Laredo ($37,250). A typical home costs $218,391, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Texas cities

Laredo ranks 16th of 26 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($34,550).

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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 Laredo

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$28,360 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$27,710 a year
• Cooks, All Other$25,870 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$23,390 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$49,820 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,040 a year
• Bartenders$28,700 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$27,540 a year

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