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Food Preparation Workers
Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.
What a food preparation worker does
Become a food preparation worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good food preparation worker
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $18 per hour with an average salary of $38,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $17 and $20 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $34,300 and $41,600 per year.
Food Preparation Worker job outlook
- There are 17,032 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 2,849 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.