Food Preparation Workers Salary in Wausau, WI

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Wausau

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $23,650 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,290 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Wausau earn between $27,610 and $37,060.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Wausau

On the average salary of $32,570, a single filer in Wausau takes home about $27,632 a year, or $2,303 a month and $1,063 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Wausau area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $32,570 buys what about $35,153 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Wausau ($48,790). A typical home costs $274,194, or 8.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Wisconsin cities

Wausau ranks 10th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Madison pays the most ($36,760).

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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 Wausau

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,670 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,980 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$29,780 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,670 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,960 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$34,420 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,710 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$27,980 a year

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