High paying food service jobs in Peoria, IL

Every food service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Peoria, IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single food service job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Peoria, IL run 8.8% below the national average (2024), so a Peoria, IL salary is worth about 1.10× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Peoria, IL · Employed

1Chefs and Head Cooks$47,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,930 – $86,470190
2First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$37,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,3201,140
3Cooks, Restaurant$36,040
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $43,1201,420
4Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$35,980
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,830790
5Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$35,500
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,70080
6Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,700
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $38,990490
7Cooks, Fast Food$32,340
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $37,490340
8Food Preparation Workers$32,140
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $40,260770
9Cooks, Short Order$32,010
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $45,23080
10Dishwashers$31,610
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $35,980470
11Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $35,6003,260
12Waiters and Waitresses$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,3102,340
13Bartenders$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,1801,330
14Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $42,610440
15Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $36,050420

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianPeoria, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chefs and Head CooksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,800	$39,930 – $86,470	190
2	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,510	$31,200 – $61,320	1,140
3	Cooks, RestaurantNo formal educational credential	$36,040	$31,200 – $43,120	1,420
4	Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaNo formal educational credential	$35,980	$31,200 – $44,830	790
5	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,500	$31,200 – $44,700	80
6	Food Servers, NonrestaurantNo formal educational credential	$33,700	$31,200 – $38,990	490
7	Cooks, Fast FoodNo formal educational credential	$32,340	$31,200 – $37,490	340
8	Food Preparation WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,140	$31,200 – $40,260	770
9	Cooks, Short OrderNo formal educational credential	$32,010	$31,200 – $45,230	80
10	DishwashersNo formal educational credential	$31,610	$31,200 – $35,980	470
11	Fast Food and Counter WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $35,600	3,260
12	Waiters and WaitressesNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $46,310	2,340
13	BartendersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $46,180	1,330
14	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee ShopNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $42,610	440
15	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $36,050	420

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Peoria, IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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