Cooks, All Other
State pay geography leads here: Massachusetts, Nevada, New York top the published medians for Cooks, All Other, unlike peer First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers.
Same-major-group titles next to Cooks, All Other: First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers ($44K) , Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers ($34K) , Bartenders ($34K) , Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other ($36K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
Highest-pay states for Cooks, All Other
State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.
- 1. Massachusetts $69,570
- 2. Nevada $51,220
- 3. New York $43,000
- 4. Colorado $43,490
- 5. Washington $52,510
- 6. Georgia $42,960
- 7. North Dakota $44,190
- 8. Indiana $44,290
- 9. Missouri $43,990
- 10. New Jersey $46,080
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
Other Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations titles
- 1. Bartenders $34,340
- 2. Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $33,980
- 3. Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other $35,840
- 4. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers $44,080
- 5. Food Preparation Workers $35,320
- 6. Food Servers, Nonrestaurant $35,360
State pay geography leads this card: Massachusetts holds the highest published median ($69,570) among the listed states for Cooks, All Other. National median is $37,690.
Employment Projections expect +6% change between 2024 and 2034 (faster than average vs baseline 3.1%). About 3,700 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns No formal educational credential as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: Massachusetts at $69,570. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $44,080. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Cooks, All Other pay-rank #4 in Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Among 17 detailed Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations with a published OEWS median, Cooks, All Other is pay-rank #4, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Cooks, All Other next: salary map, states, and peers
SOC 35-2019 · national median $37,690 · upper third of Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations (#4/17). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.
Cooks, All Other salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 35-2019
Massachusetts · top state for Cooks, All Other
$70K published median
Nevada · #2 state pay
$51K · behind Massachusetts
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Highest-pay peer vs Cooks, All Other · $44K
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
Lower-pay peer beside Cooks, All Other · $34K
Compare Cooks, All Other
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Cooks, All Other card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 35-2019. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Cooks, All Other. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics