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Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median food preparation and serving related workers, all other in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $36,810 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,432 a month.

10th percentile
$34,760
25th percentile
$35,730
Median percentile
$36,810
75th percentile
$42,810
90th percentile
$56,520

Based on 14,270 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$29,180 take-home a year
Gross pay$36,810
Federal income tax−$2,237
Social Security + Medicare−$2,816
California income tax (approx.)−$2,577
Monthly take-home$2,432
Every two weeks$1,122

Does it go far here?

$32,413Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
85%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

All food preparation and serving related workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in California