Food Preparation Workers Career

The role of Food Preparation Workers is to perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $32,960 and $16 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 879,610 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Related Occupations to Food Preparation Workers Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Food Preparation Workers.

Related Occupations toFood Preparation Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Food Service Managers	246K	$69,580	$33
Chefs and Head Cooks	172K	$62,640	$30
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,177K	$43,310	$21
Cooks, Fast Food	673K	$29,760	$14
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	436K	$35,920	$17
Cooks, Private Household	740	$49,790	$24
Cooks, Restaurant	1,412K	$36,060	$17
Cooks, Short Order	126K	$33,920	$16
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Waiters and Waitresses	2,238K	$36,530	$18
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	268K	$33,840	$16
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	483K	$32,730	$16
Dishwashers	464K	$31,650	$15
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Butchers and Meat Cutters	136K	$39,680	$19
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	138K	$36,840	$18
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19

Vocational Programs for Food Preparation Workers Career

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