How much do Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

Percentile spread

For Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $65,540. The difference is $34,340, which is 110.1% 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 $31,200 to the 75th at $65,540, covers $34,340.

The mean annual wage is $42,580, which sits above the median of $31,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Providence-Warwick, RI-MA median is 12.9% lower than the national median of $35,840 for Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,656, which is 14.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Rhode Island median of $31,200.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Rhode Island, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 101.773, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other at $30,656 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 9th of 9 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).).

• Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 45 miles away, with a median of $37,290 and employment of 70. That median is 19.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,125, against $30,656 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58 miles away, with a median of $38,210 and employment of 430. That median is 22.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,293, against $30,656 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 65 miles away, with a median of $34,840 and employment of 410. That median is 11.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,909, against $30,656 here.