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This question is about prep cook jobs.
No, you cannot make $100,000 per year as a prep cook. It is highly unlikely to earn over $100k because the average annual salary for a prep cook is $30,718. Even prep cooks in higher-paid positions do not typically earn more than $37,000 per year.
The following table shows how much the 90th percentile prep cook earns in each state. Zippia used data from the BLS, public records, and job postings to create these estimates.
| State | 90th Percentile Salary |
| Washington | $47,000 |
| Hawaii | $44,000 |
| New Hampshire | $43,000 |
| Massachusetts | $43,000 |
| Oregon | $42,000 |
| New York | $42,000 |
| New Jersey | $42,000 |
| California | $42,000 |
| Connecticut | $41,000 |
| District of Columbia | $41,000 |
| Vermont | $40,000 |
| Arizona | $39,000 |
| Alaska | $38,000 |
| Colorado | $38,000 |
| Maine | $38,000 |
| Rhode Island | $38,000 |
| Delaware | $38,000 |
| Nevada | $37,000 |
| Minnesota | $37,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $36,000 |
| Utah | $36,000 |
| Illinois | $36,000 |
| Maryland | $36,000 |
| New Mexico | $35,000 |
| Wisconsin | $35,000 |
| Idaho | $35,000 |
| Wyoming | $34,000 |
| Michigan | $34,000 |
| North Dakota | $33,000 |
| Tennessee | $32,000 |
| Indiana | $32,000 |
| Florida | $32,000 |
| Ohio | $32,000 |
| Louisiana | $32,000 |
| Kansas | $31,000 |
| Missouri | $31,000 |
| Nebraska | $31,000 |
| South Carolina | $31,000 |
| Montana | $31,000 |
| Iowa | $30,000 |
| South Dakota | $30,000 |
| Oklahoma | $29,000 |
| Kentucky | $29,000 |
| Virginia | $29,000 |
| Arkansas | $28,000 |
| Texas | $28,000 |
| Georgia | $28,000 |
| North Carolina | $27,000 |
| Alabama | $26,000 |
| West Virginia | $26,000 |
| Mississippi | $25,000 |

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