How much do Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other make in Memphis, TN-MS-AR?

Percentile spread

For Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $28,220 and the 90th percentile is $38,550. The difference is $10,330, which is 26.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $33,580 to the 75th at $38,530, covers $4,950.

The mean annual wage is $36,230, which sits below the median of $38,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Memphis, TN-MS-AR median is 7.5% higher than the national median of $35,840 for Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,799, which is 16.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.2% higher than the Tennessee median of $36,640.

Memphis, TN-MS-AR covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 92.179, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other at $41,799 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other. Memphis, TN-MS-AR ranks 2nd of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 147 miles away, with a median of $30,780 and employment of 90. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,443, against $41,799 here.
• Clarksville, TN-KY is 169 miles away, with a median of $36,660. That median is 4.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,309, against $41,799 here.
• Jackson, MS is 179 miles away, with a median of $30,570 and employment of 110. That median is 20.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,330, against $41,799 here.

Employment share

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Memphis, TN-MS-AR (460 of 611,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (84,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.