Food Preparation Workers Salary in Tyler, TX

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Tyler

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $21,970 a year or less, while the top 10% make $36,970 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Tyler earn between $24,340 and $31,940.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Tyler

On the average salary of $29,010, a single filer in Tyler takes home about $25,490 a year, or $2,124 a month and $980 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 Tyler a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tyler area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.2), so the average $29,010 buys what about $31,479 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Tyler ($42,650). A typical home costs $272,063, or 9.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Texas cities

Tyler ranks 20th 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).

Food Preparation Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Tyler

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$32,000 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$30,640 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$25,470 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$52,950 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$37,460 a year
• Bartenders$30,880 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$28,240 a year
• Dishwashers$27,890 a year

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