How much do Food Preparation Workers make in Grants Pass, OR?

Percentile spread

For Food Preparation Workers, the published 10th percentile is $30,900 and the 90th percentile is $46,720. The difference is $15,820, which is 44.7% 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 $33,390 to the 75th at $40,430, covers $7,040.

The mean annual wage is $37,420, which sits above the median of $35,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grants Pass, OR median is 0.3% higher than the national median of $35,320 for Food Preparation Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,242, which is 2.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.4% lower than the Oregon median of $37,450.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grants Pass, OR is 97.760, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Preparation Workers at $36,242 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Preparation Workers. Grants Pass, OR ranks 8th of 8 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).).

• Medford, OR is 46 miles away, with a median of $35,440 and employment of 510. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,939, against $36,242 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 112 miles away, with a median of $36,160 and employment of 980. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,602, against $36,242 here.
• Redding, CA is 137 miles away, with a median of $36,400 and employment of 420. That median is 2.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,153, against $36,242 here.

Employment share

Food Preparation Workers accounts for 0.79% of wage-and-salary employment in Grants Pass, OR (240 of 30,540). Nationally the occupation is 0.57% of employment (893,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.