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Food Preparation Workers in Puerto Rico

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.

$22,400median, a year
$23,720mean (average), a year
4,130people employed in this job here

The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.

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This job is less common here than nationally: 4.4 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.76).

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