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Food Preparation Workers salary in Minneapolis, MN

The median food preparation workers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI earns $35,100 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,333 a month.

10th percentile
$30,250
25th percentile
$30,710
Median percentile
$35,100
75th percentile
$38,790
90th percentile
$46,690

Based on 16,810 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

$27,996 take-home a year
Gross pay$35,100
Federal income tax−$2,032
Social Security + Medicare−$2,685
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$2,387
Monthly take-home$2,333
Every two weeks$1,077

Does it go far here?

$33,485Median pay in Minneapolis, MN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.8 vs 100).
62%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,440 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minneapolis, MN

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$378,730
Emergency Medicine Physicians$367,120
General Internal Medicine Physicians$330,200
Family Medicine Physicians$283,060
Nurse Anesthetists$258,570
Pediatricians, General$226,280
Dentists, General$219,980
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$211,470

All food preparation workers salaries · Take-home pay in Minnesota