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Food Preparation Workers in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

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.

$15.06median, an hour
$15.63mean (average), an hour
280people employed in this job here

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This job is less common here than nationally: 3.8 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.66).

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