35 Series · SOC 35-2015

Cooks, Short Order

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$35,620

per year

Median Hourly

$17.12/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$35,660

average

Employment

150,420

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$23,770$30,160$35,620$39,990$46,010
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$11.43$14.50$17.12$19.23$22.12
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$23,770

25th Percentile

$30,160

Median

$35,620

75th Percentile

$39,990

90th Percentile

$46,010

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Arizona $46,240 +30% above national
2 Washington $46,010 +29% above national
3 Massachusetts $44,770 +26% above national
4 Colorado $44,090 +24% above national
5 Hawaii $41,100 +15% above national
6 Alaska $39,940 +12% above national
7 Vermont $39,140 +10% above national
8 California $39,010 +10% above national
9 Nevada $38,970 +9% above national
10 District of Columbia $38,340 +8% above national
11 New Mexico $38,130 +7% above national
12 Connecticut $36,970 +4% above national
13 New York $36,830 +3% above national
14 Illinois $36,700 +3% above national
15 Utah $36,680 +3% above national
16 Oregon $35,620 same as national
17 Wyoming $35,620 same as national
18 Missouri $35,300 1% below national
19 Maryland $35,280 1% below national
20 New Jersey $35,190 1% below national
21 North Dakota $34,700 3% below national
22 Rhode Island $34,410 3% below national
23 Florida $34,320 4% below national
24 Maine $34,070 4% below national
25 Delaware $31,960 10% below national
26 Iowa $31,520 12% below national
27 Montana $31,490 12% below national
28 Idaho $31,280 12% below national
29 Nebraska $31,200 12% below national
30 South Dakota $31,160 13% below national
31 Oklahoma $31,040 13% below national
32 Indiana $30,700 14% below national
33 Michigan $30,670 14% below national
34 North Carolina $30,530 14% below national
35 Virginia $30,270 15% below national
36 Arkansas $29,410 17% below national
37 Minnesota $29,260 18% below national
38 South Carolina $29,180 18% below national
39 Kentucky $29,120 18% below national
40 New Hampshire $29,000 19% below national
41 Tennessee $29,000 19% below national
42 Texas $28,770 19% below national
43 Ohio $28,400 20% below national
44 West Virginia $27,480 23% below national
45 Wisconsin $27,300 23% below national
46 Louisiana $27,050 24% below national
47 Kansas $26,780 25% below national
48 Mississippi $25,710 28% below national
49 Alabama $25,340 29% below national
50 Guam $22,350 37% below national
51 Georgia $22,160 38% below national
52 Puerto Rico $20,200 43% below national
53 Pennsylvania $18,400 48% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $48,970 +37% above national
2 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $48,700 +37% above national
3 Barnstable Town, MA $46,830 +31% above national
4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $46,010 +29% above national
5 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $45,680 +28% above national
6 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $44,270 +24% above national
7 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $44,090 +24% above national
8 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $43,740 +23% above national
9 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $43,610 +22% above national
10 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $43,570 +22% above national
11 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $42,480 +19% above national
12 Worcester, MA $42,480 +19% above national
13 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $42,310 +19% above national
14 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $42,290 +19% above national
15 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $40,960 +15% above national
16 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $40,330 +13% above national
17 Reno, NV $40,300 +13% above national
18 Anchorage, AK $39,940 +12% above national
19 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $39,710 +11% above national
20 Springfield, MA $39,660 +11% above national
21 Napa, CA $39,650 +11% above national
22 Urban Honolulu, HI $39,640 +11% above national
23 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $39,510 +11% above national
24 Rochester, NY $39,400 +11% above national
25 Pueblo, CO $39,290 +10% above national
26 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $39,140 +10% above national
27 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $39,010 +10% above national
28 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $38,970 +9% above national
29 Bellingham, WA $38,550 +8% above national
30 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $38,340 +8% above national
31 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $38,300 +8% above national
32 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $38,210 +7% above national
33 Santa Fe, NM $38,200 +7% above national
34 Kingston, NY $38,170 +7% above national
35 Albuquerque, NM $38,130 +7% above national
36 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $38,070 +7% above national
37 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $38,020 +7% above national
38 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $38,000 +7% above national
39 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $38,000 +7% above national
40 Salinas, CA $37,930 +6% above national
41 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $37,900 +6% above national
42 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $37,890 +6% above national
43 Vallejo, CA $37,890 +6% above national
44 Colorado Springs, CO $37,750 +6% above national
45 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $37,650 +6% above national
46 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $37,600 +6% above national
47 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $37,600 +6% above national
48 Ithaca, NY $37,560 +5% above national
49 Yakima, WA $37,430 +5% above national
50 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $37,360 +5% above national
51 St. Louis, MO-IL $37,350 +5% above national
52 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $37,330 +5% above national
53 Yuba City, CA $37,290 +5% above national
54 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $37,190 +4% above national
55 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $37,170 +4% above national
56 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $37,040 +4% above national
57 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $37,030 +4% above national
58 Lexington-Fayette, KY $37,000 +4% above national
59 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $36,900 +4% above national
60 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,740 +3% above national
61 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $36,740 +3% above national
62 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,740 +3% above national
63 Portland-South Portland, ME $36,680 +3% above national
64 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $36,620 +3% above national
65 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $36,580 +3% above national
66 Topeka, KS $36,530 +3% above national
67 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $36,480 +2% above national
68 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $36,220 +2% above national
69 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $36,030 +1% above national
70 Grants Pass, OR $35,940 +1% above national
71 Modesto, CA $35,940 +1% above national
72 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $35,920 +1% above national
73 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $35,860 +1% above national
74 Redding, CA $35,790 same as national
75 Muncie, IN $35,770 same as national
76 Elmira, NY $35,720 same as national
77 Naples-Marco Island, FL $35,680 same as national
78 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $35,620 same as national
79 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $35,620 same as national
80 Salem, OR $35,590 same as national
81 Visalia, CA $35,380 1% below national
82 Syracuse, NY $35,360 1% below national
83 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $35,360 1% below national
84 Omaha, NE-IA $35,300 1% below national
85 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $35,280 1% below national
86 Lexington Park, MD $35,230 1% below national
87 Eugene-Springfield, OR $35,190 1% below national
88 Fresno, CA $35,180 1% below national
89 Stockton-Lodi, CA $35,140 1% below national
90 Charlottesville, VA $35,130 1% below national
91 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $35,120 1% below national
92 Rockford, IL $35,090 1% below national
93 Corvallis, OR $35,050 2% below national
94 Tucson, AZ $35,010 2% below national
95 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,940 2% below national
96 Chico, CA $34,900 2% below national
97 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $34,890 2% below national
98 Ames, IA $34,880 2% below national
99 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $34,860 2% below national
100 Jacksonville, FL $34,770 2% below national
101 Iowa City, IA $34,710 3% below national
102 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,660 3% below national
103 Medford, OR $34,590 3% below national
104 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,320 4% below national
105 Kansas City, MO-KS $34,300 4% below national
106 Merced, CA $34,200 4% below national
107 Binghamton, NY $34,160 4% below national
108 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $34,130 4% below national
109 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $34,090 4% below national
110 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $33,980 5% below national
111 Albany, OR $33,970 5% below national
112 Glens Falls, NY $33,910 5% below national
113 Port St. Lucie, FL $33,880 5% below national
114 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $33,870 5% below national
115 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $33,760 5% below national
116 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $33,700 5% below national
117 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $33,670 5% below national
118 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $33,610 6% below national
119 Bangor, ME $33,520 6% below national
120 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $33,460 6% below national
121 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $33,460 6% below national
122 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $33,400 6% below national
123 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $33,390 6% below national
124 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $33,280 7% below national
125 Columbus, OH $33,280 7% below national
126 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $33,280 7% below national
127 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $33,280 7% below national
128 Utica-Rome, NY $33,250 7% below national
129 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $33,220 7% below national
130 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $33,120 7% below national
131 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $32,970 7% below national
132 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $32,910 8% below national
133 Boise City, ID $32,780 8% below national
134 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $32,620 8% below national
135 Dubuque, IA $32,520 9% below national
136 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $32,510 9% below national
137 Bend, OR $32,460 9% below national
138 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $32,430 9% below national
139 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $32,400 9% below national
140 Midland, TX $32,380 9% below national
141 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $32,280 9% below national
142 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $32,280 9% below national
143 Traverse City, MI $32,280 9% below national
144 Gainesville, FL $32,240 9% below national
145 Killeen-Temple, TX $32,130 10% below national
146 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $32,000 10% below national
147 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $31,950 10% below national
148 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $31,950 10% below national
149 Cedar Rapids, IA $31,460 12% below national
150 Tulsa, OK $31,320 12% below national
151 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $31,280 12% below national
152 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $31,250 12% below national
153 Richmond, VA $31,240 12% below national
154 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $31,210 12% below national
155 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $31,200 12% below national
156 Raleigh-Cary, NC $31,200 12% below national
157 Rapid City, SD $31,200 12% below national
158 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,200 12% below national
159 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $31,200 12% below national
160 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $31,190 12% below national
161 Oklahoma City, OK $31,040 13% below national
162 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $31,040 13% below national
163 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $30,970 13% below national
164 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $30,890 13% below national
165 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $30,880 13% below national
166 Wilmington, NC $30,790 14% below national
167 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $30,730 14% below national
168 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $30,730 14% below national
169 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $30,710 14% below national
170 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $30,700 14% below national
171 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $30,500 14% below national
172 Tallahassee, FL $30,490 14% below national
173 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $30,480 14% below national
174 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $30,470 14% below national
175 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $30,460 14% below national
176 Lincoln, NE $30,450 15% below national
177 Toledo, OH $30,360 15% below national
178 Winston-Salem, NC $30,350 15% below national
179 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $30,320 15% below national
180 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $30,270 15% below national
181 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,260 15% below national
182 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $30,250 15% below national
183 Kokomo, IN $30,220 15% below national
184 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,080 16% below national
185 Akron, OH $30,050 16% below national
186 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $29,950 16% below national
187 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $29,820 16% below national
188 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,820 16% below national
189 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $29,820 16% below national
190 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,800 16% below national
191 Columbia, MO $29,750 16% below national
192 Grand Island, NE $29,710 17% below national
193 Terre Haute, IN $29,690 17% below national
194 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $29,640 17% below national
195 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $29,610 17% below national
196 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $29,540 17% below national
197 Ann Arbor, MI $29,480 17% below national
198 Canton-Massillon, OH $29,440 17% below national
199 Fort Wayne, IN $29,340 18% below national
200 Wichita Falls, TX $29,270 18% below national
201 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $29,200 18% below national
202 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $29,180 18% below national
203 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,160 18% below national
204 Hammond, LA $29,150 18% below national
205 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $29,050 18% below national
206 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $29,000 19% below national
207 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $28,980 19% below national
208 Duluth, MN-WI $28,970 19% below national
209 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $28,970 19% below national
210 Huntsville, AL $28,940 19% below national
211 Ogden, UT $28,890 19% below national
212 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $28,820 19% below national
213 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $28,770 19% below national
214 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $28,740 19% below national
215 Lafayette, LA $28,680 19% below national
216 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $28,630 20% below national
217 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $28,630 20% below national
218 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $28,630 20% below national
219 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $28,630 20% below national
220 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,600 20% below national
221 Columbia, SC $28,580 20% below national
222 Knoxville, TN $28,580 20% below national
223 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $28,560 20% below national
224 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $28,560 20% below national
225 Clarksville, TN-KY $28,550 20% below national
226 Baton Rouge, LA $28,540 20% below national
227 Jackson, MS $28,490 20% below national
228 Johnson City, TN $28,460 20% below national
229 Amarillo, TX $28,340 20% below national
230 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $28,340 20% below national
231 Morristown, TN $28,290 21% below national
232 Tyler, TX $28,250 21% below national
233 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $28,190 21% below national
234 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $28,190 21% below national
235 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $28,170 21% below national
236 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $28,140 21% below national
237 Longview, TX $28,100 21% below national
238 Wausau, WI $28,100 21% below national
239 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $28,100 21% below national
240 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $28,100 21% below national
241 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $28,070 21% below national
242 Lubbock, TX $28,060 21% below national
243 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $27,950 22% below national
244 Youngstown-Warren, OH $27,860 22% below national
245 Wheeling, WV-OH $27,780 22% below national
246 Manchester-Nashua, NH $27,760 22% below national
247 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $27,730 22% below national
248 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $27,690 22% below national
249 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $27,690 22% below national
250 Saginaw, MI $27,580 23% below national
251 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $27,570 23% below national
252 Spartanburg, SC $27,540 23% below national
253 Morgantown, WV $27,480 23% below national
254 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $27,460 23% below national
255 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $27,450 23% below national
256 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $27,400 23% below national
257 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $27,380 23% below national
258 Kenosha, WI $27,360 23% below national
259 Appleton, WI $27,350 23% below national
260 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $27,300 23% below national
261 Chattanooga, TN-GA $27,230 24% below national
262 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $27,210 24% below national
263 Mansfield, OH $27,200 24% below national
264 Waco, TX $27,160 24% below national
265 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $27,160 24% below national
266 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $27,110 24% below national
267 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $27,040 24% below national
268 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $26,960 24% below national
269 Green Bay, WI $26,920 24% below national
270 Abilene, TX $26,900 24% below national
271 Beckley, WV $26,850 25% below national
272 Florence, SC $26,810 25% below national
273 Sandusky, OH $26,740 25% below national
274 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $26,690 25% below national
275 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $26,650 25% below national
276 Gainesville, GA $26,620 25% below national
277 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $26,620 25% below national
278 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $26,620 25% below national
279 Birmingham, AL $26,500 26% below national
280 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $26,500 26% below national
281 Williamsport, PA $26,330 26% below national
282 Roanoke, VA $26,250 26% below national
283 Hattiesburg, MS $26,170 27% below national
284 Wichita, KS $26,170 27% below national
285 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $26,010 27% below national
286 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $26,000 27% below national
287 Manhattan, KS $25,850 27% below national
288 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $25,770 28% below national
289 York-Hanover, PA $25,650 28% below national
290 Bowling Green, KY $25,630 28% below national
291 Montgomery, AL $25,470 28% below national
292 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $25,400 29% below national
293 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $25,380 29% below national
294 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $25,340 29% below national
295 Mobile, AL $25,340 29% below national
296 Athens-Clarke County, GA $25,330 29% below national
297 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $25,210 29% below national
298 Auburn-Opelika, AL $25,030 30% below national
299 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $24,990 30% below national
300 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $24,960 30% below national
301 Lancaster, PA $24,630 31% below national
302 Laredo, TX $24,590 31% below national
303 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $24,590 31% below national
304 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $24,490 31% below national
305 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $24,450 31% below national
306 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $24,270 32% below national
307 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $23,960 33% below national
308 Alexandria, LA $23,810 33% below national
309 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $23,810 33% below national
310 Savannah, GA $23,780 33% below national
311 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $23,460 34% below national
312 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $23,080 35% below national
313 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,060 35% below national
314 Cleveland, TN $22,970 36% below national
315 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $22,870 36% below national
316 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $22,830 36% below national
317 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $22,830 36% below national
318 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $22,580 37% below national
319 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,480 37% below national
320 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $22,360 37% below national
321 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $22,330 37% below national
322 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $22,190 38% below national
323 Reading, PA $21,900 39% below national
324 Erie, PA $21,850 39% below national
325 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $21,810 39% below national
326 Cleveland, OH $21,740 39% below national
327 Monroe, LA $21,540 40% below national
328 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,840 41% below national
329 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $20,800 42% below national
330 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,500 42% below national
331 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $20,470 43% below national
332 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $20,210 43% below national
333 Ponce, PR $19,760 45% below national
334 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $18,100 49% below national

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