Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$36,450

National average

Salary Range

$26,800 – $48,320

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$54,840$36,860$72,290
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$50,290$43,540$61,510
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$50,150$38,660$62,970
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$49,850$38,040$60,510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$48,940$44,390$63,750
Washington$48,260$39,400$61,510
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$48,080$36,190$63,070
Bellingham, WA$48,050$38,520$59,250
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$48,000$39,050$59,780
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$47,920$39,520$62,800
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$47,920$34,440$62,630
Napa, CA$47,910$38,090$59,530
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$47,700$39,500$59,720
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$47,540$37,970$57,520
Barnstable Town, MA$47,420$37,130$63,930
Fairbanks-College, AK$47,410$38,330$58,870
Hawaii$47,250$36,840$63,010
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$46,910$38,940$59,260
Alaska$46,900$37,270$60,390
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$46,760$36,060$57,050
Anchorage, AK$46,750$38,020$58,300
New Haven, CT$46,510$37,490$75,390
Urban Honolulu, HI$46,480$35,630$60,870
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$46,380$37,810$60,960
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$46,370$36,300$59,390
Massachusetts$46,280$37,950$58,650
Ithaca, NY$46,220$35,710$49,180
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,000$33,700$61,080
Walla Walla, WA$45,940$37,790$52,230
Yakima, WA$45,880$38,070$51,630
Connecticut$45,870$36,830$59,040
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,790$37,980$53,260
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$45,740$34,270$53,450
Vallejo, CA$45,720$37,410$64,820
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$45,720$34,200$57,370
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$45,690$36,060$50,380
California$45,680$36,710$59,960
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$45,670$37,050$62,210
District of Columbia$45,600$38,100$56,830
Rhode Island$45,450$36,600$57,850
Salinas, CA$45,430$36,750$60,780
New Hampshire$45,280$34,440$54,220
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,270$37,060$57,280
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,260$37,950$57,370
Kennewick-Richland, WA$45,260$38,880$54,960
New York$45,160$35,670$58,410
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,150$37,540$54,190
Pittsfield, MA$45,140$35,130$50,990
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,110$35,720$56,590
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$44,990$36,640$56,740
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$44,890$35,380$60,630
Worcester, MA$44,870$37,190$55,330
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,860$36,200$60,120
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$44,830$36,790$57,530
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,760$36,710$57,050
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$44,600$36,360$50,100
Manchester-Nashua, NH$44,490$32,140$50,970
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$44,290$36,560$53,250
Longview-Kelso, WA$44,240$38,340$53,540
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$44,190$36,330$59,180
Salem, OR$44,120$35,780$58,200
New Jersey$44,050$34,850$54,190
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$44,020$38,140$50,200
Portland-South Portland, ME$43,980$36,170$51,240
Merced, CA$43,920$36,090$53,440
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$43,850$38,260$57,080
Modesto, CA$43,740$36,170$57,580
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,730$35,380$57,300
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$43,600$36,210$60,450
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$43,500$35,680$54,940
Delaware$43,490$34,720$47,070
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$43,360$35,720$58,770
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$43,200$35,550$53,860
Boulder, CO$43,150$35,970$64,960
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$43,070$35,100$58,530
Visalia, CA$42,480$35,270$54,240
Stockton-Lodi, CA$42,450$35,130$50,750
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42,430$35,310$53,140
Springfield, MA$42,410$35,880$50,970
Minnesota$42,180$35,310$50,860
Redding, CA$42,160$36,210$54,960
Fresno, CA$42,020$35,060$50,980
Oregon$41,870$35,440$55,650
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$41,710$36,330$49,740
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$41,630$34,650$51,230
Vineland, NJ$41,580$34,540$52,510
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$41,550$35,130$49,480
Kingston, NY$41,470$36,480$53,870
Chico, CA$41,370$36,170$53,880
Bangor, ME$41,350$35,220$47,540
Flagstaff, AZ$41,240$34,920$50,080
El Centro, CA$41,080$34,100$54,690
Vermont$41,020$34,960$50,380
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$41,010$35,360$51,240
Medford, OR$40,920$35,380$49,750
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$40,920$35,130$53,240
Colorado$40,890$34,750$49,630
Naples-Marco Island, FL$40,880$34,670$48,010
Bend, OR$40,870$34,690$56,350
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$40,870$35,360$50,940
Ann Arbor, MI$40,330$30,610$47,520
Madison, WI$40,330$31,610$49,520
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$40,220$35,930$48,940
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$40,180$34,730$53,070
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$40,160$37,950$49,700
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,150$32,640$46,240
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$40,060$37,280$44,900
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$39,980$35,520$53,490
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$39,910$32,640$49,360
Reno, NV$39,910$30,960$51,040
Dover, DE$39,900$32,820$44,520
Maine$39,810$34,650$47,940
Fargo, ND-MN$39,810$35,620$47,200
Grants Pass, OR$39,780$35,680$52,510
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$39,760$31,550$51,120
Rochester, MN$39,730$35,250$47,080
Eugene-Springfield, OR$39,690$34,690$50,330
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$39,670$31,950$50,480
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$39,510$36,060$48,720
Arizona$39,470$34,150$48,280
Binghamton, NY$39,380$33,600$49,200
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$39,380$35,210$47,570
Lexington Park, MD$39,380$33,810$47,840
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$39,360$34,750$47,440
St. Cloud, MN$39,310$33,970$48,860
Rochester, NY$39,270$31,740$50,370
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$39,220$34,200$47,220
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$39,210$31,240$47,230
Mankato, MN$39,210$36,860$46,710
Syracuse, NY$39,100$33,040$50,270
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$39,070$31,080$47,570
North Dakota$39,060$31,620$47,630
Bismarck, ND$39,060$34,140$45,820
Glens Falls, NY$39,010$33,400$46,870
Minot, ND$38,950$31,400$48,720
Maryland$38,900$33,390$49,600
Albany, OR$38,900$32,080$50,460
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$38,850$33,210$47,420
Bloomington, IL$38,700$30,510$48,360
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$38,700$33,760$52,190
Bozeman, MT$38,670$32,540$46,490
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$38,570$33,960$50,520
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$38,550$31,480$49,700
Nevada$38,550$29,730$51,580
Duluth, MN-WI$38,530$31,890$48,020
Grand Forks, ND-MN$38,520$31,240$50,350
Yuba City, CA$38,480$36,510$48,940
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$38,410$30,110$45,330
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$38,370$28,480$52,110
Wausau, WI$38,320$31,200$44,530
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$38,320$33,390$51,550
Colorado Springs, CO$38,230$32,440$46,830
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$38,220$29,730$52,400
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,220$31,910$47,900
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$38,190$30,440$46,860
Greeley, CO$38,170$32,490$48,290
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$38,110$33,960$46,900
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,110$33,280$49,190
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$38,100$31,930$47,290
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,010$30,530$49,120
Harrisonburg, VA$37,910$32,170$46,120
Grand Junction, CO$37,900$31,820$45,130
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37,880$31,810$48,420
Wisconsin$37,840$31,000$47,000
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,840$31,950$45,380
Janesville-Beloit, WI$37,810$31,000$45,800
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$37,780$31,410$46,450
Utah$37,740$29,190$47,410
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$37,740$28,920$49,500
Salisbury, MD$37,680$31,200$46,850
Utica-Rome, NY$37,660$34,350$47,870
Champaign-Urbana, IL$37,650$29,740$49,090
Tucson, AZ$37,610$32,280$47,390
Eau Claire, WI$37,590$30,180$45,570
Lawton, OK$37,540$21,920$40,010
Columbus, OH$37,520$29,520$47,170
Green Bay, WI$37,510$30,500$46,090
Traverse City, MI$37,490$31,650$47,090
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$37,470$30,940$48,520
Santa Fe, NM$37,460$32,130$45,470
State College, PA$37,450$28,580$47,820
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$37,450$31,480$49,120
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$37,440$30,450$44,520
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$37,440$29,580$47,200
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$37,430$31,200$50,170
Jackson, MI$37,420$29,370$43,950
Lancaster, PA$37,420$28,450$45,520
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,380$29,970$44,080
Billings, MT$37,320$30,050$47,130
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$37,310$26,990$49,170
Charlottesville, VA$37,300$30,600$44,810
Pueblo, CO$37,280$30,070$46,380
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$37,270$27,780$44,370
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$37,230$32,080$45,090
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$37,210$30,650$46,800
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$37,190$29,120$50,860
Kenosha, WI$37,160$30,960$46,360
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,160$30,740$46,150
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$37,130$31,890$51,840
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$37,120$27,900$45,750
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,090$30,530$46,160
Gettysburg, PA$37,070$28,990$43,030
Missoula, MT$37,010$29,800$46,440
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,980$29,510$44,960
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$36,980$30,860$45,420
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,970$27,920$44,630
Gainesville, GA$36,950$27,760$46,840
Ogden, UT$36,910$31,160$47,120
Casper, WY$36,910$26,420$43,040
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$36,910$31,890$45,280
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,860$29,400$45,210
Lincoln, NE$36,860$29,650$45,930
Pennsylvania$36,830$28,230$45,700
Pittsburgh, PA$36,800$29,240$44,650
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$36,760$28,240$47,510
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$36,720$29,120$49,450
Sebring, FL$36,710$29,100$47,070
Montana$36,690$29,640$46,860
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$36,690$28,610$45,960
Corvallis, OR$36,680$35,710$47,940
Lewiston, ID-WA$36,660$28,510$47,760
Fond du Lac, WI$36,650$31,040$46,450
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$36,650$28,710$43,660
Homosassa Springs, FL$36,640$27,760$36,640
Jacksonville, FL$36,630$29,910$45,000
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$36,620$25,210$45,940
Cleveland, OH$36,620$29,220$44,970
Sheboygan, WI$36,590$22,670$46,450
Appleton, WI$36,580$30,170$45,780
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,570$29,990$46,150
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$36,560$31,100$47,310
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$36,520$29,360$46,010
Elmira, NY$36,510$31,830$52,110
Toledo, OH$36,460$29,120$42,530
Illinois$36,430$29,330$48,440
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$36,400$30,730$45,390
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$36,390$29,210$44,230
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,390$28,530$46,810
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,340$29,640$47,750
St. George, UT$36,270$27,840$47,100
Virginia$36,260$28,620$47,340
Ohio$36,250$28,910$45,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$36,250$28,800$46,000
Great Falls, MT$36,240$29,070$46,860
Iowa City, IA$36,230$26,140$41,150
Helena, MT$36,220$29,160$47,010
Logan, UT-ID$36,210$28,480$46,590
Akron, OH$36,200$29,420$45,550
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$36,190$27,850$45,930
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$36,190$28,930$44,480
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$36,190$31,200$47,820
Richmond, VA$36,180$29,850$43,880
Bloomington, IN$36,160$27,200$39,020
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$36,150$30,020$42,600
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$36,140$27,580$40,840
Coeur d'Alene, ID$36,100$25,560$46,060
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,100$28,760$42,700
Midland, TX$36,100$27,260$48,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$36,080$25,330$44,920
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,060$29,270$47,670
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$36,010$28,920$43,660
York-Hanover, PA$35,980$29,610$48,110
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,900$28,730$48,780
Michigan$35,870$28,890$43,690
Battle Creek, MI$35,870$29,650$44,160
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$35,870$28,170$40,340
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$35,870$29,250$46,860
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$35,860$28,750$43,910
Winchester, VA-WV$35,860$29,080$43,320
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$35,840$30,050$45,700
Kankakee, IL$35,830$29,120$43,560
Port St. Lucie, FL$35,810$29,630$45,370
Kokomo, IN$35,800$27,700$41,430
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$35,790$28,020$42,790
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$35,770$23,090$46,900
Springfield, OH$35,770$28,840$44,050
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$35,770$23,950$44,560
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$35,770$28,860$47,050
Niles, MI$35,760$28,960$39,660
Reading, PA$35,740$29,190$45,910
Asheville, NC$35,740$27,870$44,920
Chambersburg, PA$35,740$25,740$45,820
Lebanon, PA$35,740$29,000$45,760
Sandusky, OH$35,710$28,550$42,870
Midland, MI$35,700$29,860$39,320
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$35,690$28,720$45,760
Dubuque, IA$35,670$22,500$41,590
Omaha, NE-IA$35,660$28,700$45,780
Gainesville, FL$35,660$27,660$46,510
Wyoming$35,650$27,410$47,000
Florida$35,640$28,980$45,160
Nebraska$35,630$28,610$45,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$35,630$26,070$44,440
Cedar Rapids, IA$35,620$27,620$40,740
Monroe, MI$35,620$29,050$39,550
Erie, PA$35,560$28,010$43,250
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$35,530$27,760$43,840
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$35,510$25,590$44,560
Grand Island, NE$35,450$28,800$41,890
Albuquerque, NM$35,430$30,250$41,520
Williamsport, PA$35,400$27,330$43,680
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$35,380$27,420$45,720
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$35,370$28,400$40,360
Rapid City, SD$35,360$29,520$44,290
South Dakota$35,360$28,920$43,660
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$35,360$23,300$44,050
Canton-Massillon, OH$35,350$27,940$43,610
Ames, IA$35,330$28,230$44,410
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$35,320$25,380$42,070
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$35,320$28,810$42,460
St. Louis, MO-IL$35,280$28,430$45,080
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,220$28,510$44,130
Punta Gorda, FL$35,150$28,980$44,350
Saginaw, MI$35,130$28,130$41,940
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35,120$28,870$41,770
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$35,100$24,820$39,840
Yuma, AZ$35,090$31,420$39,840
Indiana$35,080$27,930$42,230
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$35,060$26,460$44,490
Peoria, IL$35,050$29,610$44,500
Winston-Salem, NC$35,050$28,230$41,240
Mansfield, OH$35,040$27,570$44,450
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,020$27,110$40,880
Fort Wayne, IN$35,010$27,930$47,390
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$35,010$29,380$43,170
Georgia$34,960$26,570$43,930
Decatur, IL$34,960$29,210$43,290
Columbus, IN$34,850$27,370$39,450
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$34,790$27,700$41,870
Raleigh-Cary, NC$34,790$23,200$44,620
Kansas City, MO-KS$34,760$27,530$45,480
Muncie, IN$34,750$28,810$41,510
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$34,730$27,080$40,540
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$34,660$28,550$43,030
Lima, OH$34,600$28,480$40,580
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$34,600$21,830$43,420
North Carolina$34,590$25,580$43,400
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$34,570$28,780$44,720
Iowa$34,560$25,140$40,410
Sherman-Denison, TX$34,540$26,670$39,650
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,530$28,750$39,690
Evansville, IN$34,520$28,650$37,680
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,500$27,450$42,140
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$34,490$28,030$38,940
Lawrence, KS$34,460$23,960$43,610
Altoona, PA$34,430$26,870$44,710
Youngstown-Warren, OH$34,430$27,970$43,120
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$34,410$24,490$41,390
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$34,390$28,040$39,980
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$34,360$30,070$38,360
Greenville, NC$34,320$28,550$40,880
Bay City, MI$34,310$27,970$39,200
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$34,310$29,120$40,170
Boise City, ID$34,290$27,230$45,560
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$34,270$27,380$39,770
New Mexico$34,240$27,550$41,600
Tallahassee, FL$34,230$27,630$42,600
Fayetteville, NC$34,200$23,420$40,140
Columbia, SC$34,070$22,800$41,550
Savannah, GA$34,050$27,830$41,310
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$34,010$30,750$42,960
Burlington, NC$34,010$27,740$41,250
Roanoke, VA$33,920$27,050$39,710
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$33,900$24,070$39,040
Idaho$33,880$26,320$43,820
Springfield, IL$33,840$30,320$44,700
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$33,800$29,000$43,580
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$33,780$33,280$40,670
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$33,780$22,630$37,920
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$33,760$25,840$42,910
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$33,720$26,240$39,040
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$33,690$28,240$41,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$33,680$26,370$41,240
Guam$33,640$23,070$37,870
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$33,590$24,040$44,180
Jacksonville, NC$33,470$27,530$38,270
Carson City, NV$33,430$24,030$51,580
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$33,410$26,740$39,480
Goldsboro, NC$33,400$24,490$38,360
Greensboro-High Point, NC$33,380$27,900$41,600
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$33,240$25,750$42,810
Las Cruces, NM$33,150$27,550$35,710
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$32,930$25,600$41,420
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$32,930$21,780$45,070
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$32,910$29,120$41,170
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$32,850$26,460$39,510
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$32,820$26,870$41,390
Texas$32,780$23,000$42,900
Wilmington, NC$32,780$25,760$40,410
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$32,760$26,470$40,180
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$32,700$27,440$45,340
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$32,540$27,270$40,410
San Angelo, TX$32,450$22,260$40,710
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$32,440$27,460$39,780
Twin Falls, ID$32,420$24,130$44,890
Manhattan, KS$32,180$24,730$38,980
Rockford, IL$32,070$29,120$42,690
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$32,040$29,120$41,390
Jackson, TN$32,010$24,890$38,510
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$31,950$29,120$42,150
Tennessee$31,910$25,330$42,140
Chattanooga, TN-GA$31,870$27,800$38,990
Topeka, KS$31,830$24,600$42,610
College Station-Bryan, TX$31,830$25,290$41,190
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$31,810$26,260$37,260
South Carolina$31,730$20,370$41,090
Pocatello, ID$31,710$23,530$39,090
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$31,700$26,560$39,210
Cheyenne, WY$31,690$24,750$48,100
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,610$27,120$45,490
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$31,600$25,070$39,070
Paducah, KY-IL$31,450$23,720$45,590
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$31,450$27,650$38,320
Amarillo, TX$31,420$23,920$38,830
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$31,420$26,820$38,380
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$31,410$27,760$38,280
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$31,390$23,470$43,190
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$31,370$26,790$40,280
Columbia, MO$31,360$25,580$42,360
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$31,360$26,370$41,170
Waco, TX$31,310$25,700$38,890
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$31,300$28,130$37,300
Hinesville, GA$31,270$27,600$36,660
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$31,240$24,560$37,550
Idaho Falls, ID$31,170$24,030$39,570
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$31,150$26,120$39,740
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$31,080$24,750$39,660
Knoxville, TN$31,050$25,480$41,190
Terre Haute, IN$31,030$26,880$37,870
Abilene, TX$31,030$21,790$38,120
Ocala, FL$31,010$27,690$37,840
Spartanburg, SC$30,990$22,370$38,720
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$30,930$23,910$43,870
Kansas$30,920$24,000$40,370
Missouri$30,920$26,200$43,310
Bowling Green, KY$30,850$24,920$37,610
Kentucky$30,770$24,460$43,660
Wichita, KS$30,740$25,010$37,790
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,740$24,680$39,280
Johnstown, PA$30,730$25,640$39,730
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$30,680$25,050$39,250
Dalton, GA$30,670$22,560$39,030
Flint, MI$30,640$28,070$38,200
St. Joseph, MO-KS$30,630$26,440$41,360
Springfield, MO$30,600$26,140$40,320
Lake Charles, LA$30,500$21,990$38,690
Lynchburg, VA$30,440$27,830$38,480
Lubbock, TX$30,440$22,880$38,260
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,390$23,130$38,220
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,350$22,260$38,290
Farmington, NM$30,330$26,180$38,100
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$30,330$23,590$43,230
Clarksville, TN-KY$30,300$25,390$38,400
Wichita Falls, TX$30,220$22,280$43,490
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,080$24,400$38,100
Macon-Bibb County, GA$30,060$24,840$39,720
Owensboro, KY$30,050$26,230$34,040
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,050$22,950$37,220
Athens-Clarke County, GA$30,020$24,790$37,680
Joplin, MO-KS$30,000$25,940$40,840
Rome, GA$29,990$25,040$38,900
Tulsa, OK$29,980$23,350$36,420
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$29,960$18,320$34,620
Tuscaloosa, AL$29,940$20,770$37,600
Virgin Islands$29,940$24,460$37,770
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$29,910$21,810$39,720
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,850$26,400$38,760
Fort Smith, AR-OK$29,800$23,170$35,210
Rocky Mount, NC$29,770$23,360$38,350
Johnson City, TN$29,760$24,870$35,210
Morgantown, WV$29,750$23,950$40,440
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$29,740$23,260$35,960
Arkansas$29,700$25,930$38,400
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,690$22,500$36,830
Jonesboro, AR$29,650$25,930$37,070
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,630$22,470$37,200
Corpus Christi, TX$29,600$22,670$41,660
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,510$28,250$38,540
Albany, GA$29,430$21,570$37,230
Columbus, GA-AL$29,430$21,270$37,340
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,410$20,690$41,650
Warner Robins, GA$29,380$23,800$38,400
Tyler, TX$29,340$25,170$38,430
Oklahoma City, OK$29,330$23,770$36,620
Huntsville, AL$29,280$20,400$38,210
Morristown, TN$29,270$24,670$36,550
Elizabethtown, KY$29,260$27,400$36,480
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$29,250$26,110$38,390
Florence, SC$29,220$20,610$37,340
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,160$22,220$38,070
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,150$22,560$39,890
Wheeling, WV-OH$29,110$23,920$37,930
Hammond, LA$29,060$22,340$38,390
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$29,030$22,240$38,800
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,010$25,470$36,530
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,000$24,490$36,900
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$28,990$24,650$37,160
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,990$24,840$35,970
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$28,980$23,690$37,640
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,950$23,490$35,840
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,870$24,490$36,910
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$28,830$24,840$38,390
West Virginia$28,790$23,000$38,800
Jefferson City, MO$28,790$25,830$39,280
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$28,720$22,990$43,320
Oklahoma$28,710$21,430$36,760
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$28,660$22,250$35,260
Longview, TX$28,650$21,220$37,640
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,650$22,800$37,660
Charleston, WV$28,600$22,980$37,620
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,590$23,580$40,940
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,580$20,440$31,600
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,580$18,300$36,080
Hot Springs, AR$28,540$24,430$34,840
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,540$25,580$36,970
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$28,530$23,110$37,180
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,530$26,190$37,310
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,510$23,330$35,080
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,460$21,020$40,990
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$28,450$18,370$37,080
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$28,400$20,080$37,630
Valdosta, GA$28,370$23,280$36,870
Auburn-Opelika, AL$28,370$16,910$38,970
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,270$24,460$34,670
Victoria, TX$28,180$22,210$37,760
Beckley, WV$28,090$23,120$36,260
Cleveland, TN$28,070$23,360$38,960
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,040$25,580$36,640
Alexandria, LA$27,950$23,430$35,680
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$27,920$22,660$34,260
Lafayette, LA$27,910$21,880$34,130
Mobile, AL$27,850$17,050$36,300
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$27,770$19,760$39,020
Dothan, AL$27,670$18,290$34,390
Eagle Pass, TX$27,630$21,090$30,150
Ponce, PR$27,500$19,760$38,660
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$27,490$18,500$33,990
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,450$20,550$36,710
Anniston-Oxford, AL$27,310$17,750$34,810
Texarkana, TX-AR$27,280$23,900$32,350
Birmingham, AL$27,280$20,040$37,590
Baton Rouge, LA$27,220$22,010$36,150
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$27,050$18,840$37,970
Alabama$26,780$18,480$36,250
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$26,670$21,600$37,120
El Paso, TX$26,520$20,170$36,900
Sumter, SC$26,420$17,020$35,590
Louisiana$26,410$20,110$35,750
Killeen-Temple, TX$26,390$20,170$42,360
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$26,300$20,740$35,730
Laredo, TX$26,170$20,370$33,410
Jackson, MS$26,000$19,020$37,180
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$25,950$20,580$33,390
Mississippi$25,830$19,060$36,390
Enid, OK$25,770$22,400$35,800
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$25,760$22,500$32,720
Puerto Rico$25,380$20,000$38,330
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$25,270$20,210$38,220
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$25,070$19,490$35,340
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$25,060$18,920$34,220
Aguadilla, PR$25,010$19,760$37,830
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$24,860$18,510$34,770
Hattiesburg, MS$24,590$19,920$36,950
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$24,580$20,970$39,660
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$24,500$17,990$33,450
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$24,340$17,820$32,320
Decatur, AL$23,870$17,560$35,800
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,590$18,480$32,880
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$23,460$18,330$33,130
Monroe, LA$23,440$20,110$30,140
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$23,440$17,680$34,930
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$23,400$19,050$30,490
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$23,230$16,660$29,150
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$23,160$19,390$32,270
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,100$18,200$30,410
Arecibo, PR$22,990$19,760$36,980
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$22,980$18,450$31,820
Odessa, TX$22,470$22,070$36,970
Mayaguez, PR$22,450$19,760$38,570
Montgomery, AL$22,250$18,050$35,500
Guayama, PR$21,880$20,300$37,760
Gadsden, AL$21,860$17,710$32,790

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Entry-level Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria positions typically start around $26,800 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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