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Food Processing Workers, All Other · SOC 51-3099

Food Processing Workers, All Other Salary in the Wichita Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Wichita, KS metro area

Figures describe the Wichita, KS metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Wichita city limits.

Median annual wage$37,620
Median hourly wage$18.09

Food Processing Workers, All Other in the Wichita, KS metro area earned a median of $37,620 per year ($18.09 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,280 at the 10th percentile to $46,060 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Food Processing Workers, All Other in the Wichita metro area earn more than $37,620 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,460 and $41,890.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,280$37,460$37,620$41,890$46,060
Hourly$17.92$18.01$18.09$20.14$22.15

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Wichita metro areathis metro area
    $37,620
  • Kansasstate (KS)
    $46,060
  • United Statesnational
    $39,680

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −18% vs Kansas overall and −5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,550$39,810$51,070$62,330Valdosta, GA — $28,550Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $28,970San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,140Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $29,260Lafayette, LA — $29,570Baton Rouge, LA — $29,660Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $29,720New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $30,430El Paso, TX — $30,680Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $31,160Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200Monroe, LA — $31,250Longview, TX — $34,240Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,770New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $34,790Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $34,860Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,070Gadsden, AL — $35,140Abilene, TX — $35,180El Centro, CA — $35,240Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,290Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,380Portland-South Portland, ME — $35,520Gainesville, GA — $35,670McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,690Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $35,710Columbia, SC — $35,980Fresno, CA — $36,020Savannah, GA — $36,220Fayetteville, NC — $36,290Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,290Tyler, TX — $36,290Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,300Winston-Salem, NC — $36,380Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,410Stockton-Lodi, CA — $36,420Wilmington, NC — $36,470College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,590Hammond, LA — $36,620Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $36,640Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $36,660Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,660Lubbock, TX — $36,980Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $37,060Waco, TX — $37,100Salinas, CA — $37,250Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,280Albuquerque, NM — $37,300Missoula, MT — $37,450York-Hanover, PA — $37,500Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,550Oklahoma City, OK — $37,550San Angelo, TX — $37,550Wichita, KS — $37,620Tulsa, OK — $37,760Rockford, IL — $37,800Lebanon, PA — $37,830Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,910Harrisonburg, VA — $37,960Corpus Christi, TX — $38,080San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,100Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,170Cleveland, OH — $38,210Richmond, VA — $38,240Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,460Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,480San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,490New Haven, CT — $38,500Vallejo, CA — $38,530Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,550Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,560Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,730Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $38,850Knoxville, TN — $38,860Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $38,870Modesto, CA — $39,040Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,150Columbus, GA-AL — $39,190Reading, PA — $39,230Champaign-Urbana, IL — $39,250Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,260Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,290Pittsburgh, PA — $39,290Cleveland, TN — $39,380Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $39,420Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,430Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $39,640Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $39,670Rochester, NY — $39,720Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,740San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $39,770Burlington, NC — $39,800Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,800Columbus, OH — $39,890Gettysburg, PA — $40,130Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $40,460Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $40,530Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,590Killeen-Temple, TX — $40,590St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,740Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $40,910Ogden, UT — $40,990Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,020Cedar Rapids, IA — $41,070Kennewick-Richland, WA — $41,340Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $41,480Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $41,740Jackson, MS — $41,870Visalia, CA — $42,250Merced, CA — $42,430Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,530Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $42,600Omaha, NE-IA — $42,600Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $42,730Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $42,840Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $42,840Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,960Logan, UT-ID — $43,010Jackson, TN — $43,150Fort Smith, AR-OK — $43,160San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $43,200Jacksonville, FL — $43,430Ames, IA — $43,520Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $43,700Canton-Massillon, OH — $43,790Colorado Springs, CO — $43,930Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,240Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,310Albany, GA — $44,390Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,610Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,760Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $44,960Yakima, WA — $44,990St. Joseph, MO-KS — $45,200Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,330Greeley, CO — $46,240Morristown, TN — $46,320Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,350Reno, NV — $47,020Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,320Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,750Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $47,800Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,600Boulder, CO — $48,850Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,310Longview-Kelso, WA — $50,500Lancaster, PA — $51,490Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $53,420Rochester, MN — $62,330

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Wichita metro area has the 97th-highest published median for this occupation among the 150 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$59,850Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$63,030Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,090First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,030Machinists$50,540Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,190

Highest-paying metro areas for food processing workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Wichita Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.