Cooks, Restaurant Salary

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

Median Annual Salary

$36,830

National average

Salary Range

$28,010 – $47,340

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Cooks, Restaurant Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$48,320$37,750$73,110
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$46,970$34,910$57,980
Portland-South Portland, ME$46,960$37,980$53,250
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$46,960$40,590$62,050
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$46,500$35,570$57,310
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$46,340$31,200$63,470
Massachusetts$46,280$34,910$57,510
Napa, CA$46,270$38,170$58,040
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$46,180$39,170$57,340
Barnstable Town, MA$45,920$34,980$57,330
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$45,450$34,870$59,780
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$45,230$39,400$57,300
District of Columbia$45,230$37,440$54,330
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$45,040$37,050$49,330
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,020$37,910$54,080
Washington$44,980$36,280$56,080
Maine$44,870$36,670$49,670
Hawaii$44,710$29,170$66,700
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,700$36,440$55,450
Vermont$44,560$32,650$56,460
Salinas, CA$44,490$37,060$54,200
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$44,370$32,240$46,500
California$44,290$36,430$54,690
Worcester, MA$44,110$32,070$53,880
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$44,100$36,880$47,150
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$44,000$36,370$52,940
Vallejo, CA$43,820$37,630$48,610
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$43,770$31,950$54,880
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$43,740$36,530$48,890
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$43,600$37,310$49,290
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$43,570$32,470$54,880
Springfield, MA$43,550$33,740$48,820
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$43,450$31,580$53,810
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,420$36,900$50,590
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$43,320$36,800$48,540
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$43,320$36,180$50,530
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$43,070$36,580$48,360
Pittsfield, MA$42,680$31,200$49,760
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$42,460$37,120$49,300
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$42,360$36,100$49,900
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$42,290$36,590$47,240
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$42,140$36,830$48,770
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42,050$31,600$49,270
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$41,980$33,610$56,630
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$41,980$36,310$47,960
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$41,500$34,080$62,960
Boulder, CO$41,390$33,540$53,820
Bellingham, WA$41,240$35,870$53,370
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$40,440$34,320$49,510
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$40,150$35,300$55,110
New York$39,890$33,610$56,630
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39,710$34,830$47,880
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$39,420$35,530$50,590
Kennewick-Richland, WA$39,340$36,150$50,050
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$39,300$36,250$47,160
Naples-Marco Island, FL$39,270$32,670$48,270
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$39,260$35,630$48,790
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$39,240$31,030$49,490
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$39,170$35,630$52,660
Colorado$39,170$32,120$49,040
Kingston, NY$39,170$32,610$50,100
Anchorage, AK$39,140$35,080$45,520
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$39,110$30,900$49,000
Urban Honolulu, HI$39,070$29,120$63,470
New Hampshire$39,050$31,090$48,360
Rhode Island$38,940$30,560$49,010
Bozeman, MT$38,890$28,880$52,000
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$38,870$32,680$51,490
Modesto, CA$38,770$36,250$47,270
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$38,700$34,830$46,940
Alaska$38,640$31,510$45,900
Bangor, ME$38,620$35,670$45,700
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$38,600$35,290$47,430
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$38,570$27,130$54,020
Bend, OR$38,480$31,850$49,310
Yuba City, CA$38,410$34,300$48,290
Madison, WI$38,400$28,450$47,880
Stockton-Lodi, CA$38,380$35,060$47,850
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$38,290$34,150$48,260
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,290$31,640$48,950
El Centro, CA$38,230$35,100$46,400
Minnesota$38,220$30,340$47,320
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$38,210$34,290$53,360
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$38,140$35,300$45,450
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$38,120$31,090$47,340
New Jersey$38,080$31,470$49,010
Oregon$38,040$31,940$48,210
Connecticut$38,020$32,640$48,040
Chico, CA$38,020$35,450$45,300
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$38,010$30,190$46,770
Visalia, CA$37,970$34,020$45,560
Arizona$37,940$33,980$46,790
Rochester, MN$37,920$30,590$46,030
Ithaca, NY$37,870$31,200$47,090
Redding, CA$37,850$33,900$46,560
Yakima, WA$37,850$34,140$47,290
Syracuse, NY$37,840$31,200$46,840
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$37,790$32,640$46,540
Grants Pass, OR$37,760$30,540$46,440
Merced, CA$37,740$34,360$46,430
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$37,710$35,360$47,220
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$37,710$31,200$51,120
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$37,700$31,200$47,920
New Haven, CT$37,640$32,640$47,840
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$37,640$31,200$50,550
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$37,630$34,080$45,730
Fresno, CA$37,630$34,070$45,800
Utica-Rome, NY$37,600$31,200$48,860
Kenosha, WI$37,570$28,020$46,430
Omaha, NE-IA$37,560$27,700$45,490
Salem, OR$37,560$30,720$47,410
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37,540$28,670$48,210
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$37,540$30,780$47,080
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$37,530$31,470$47,820
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,480$29,170$45,520
Maryland$37,470$31,310$47,310
Longview-Kelso, WA$37,470$34,720$48,090
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,440$28,210$46,590
Carson City, NV$37,440$28,600$45,590
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$37,420$29,020$46,920
Reno, NV$37,410$27,690$46,160
Ann Arbor, MI$37,410$29,940$45,760
Battle Creek, MI$37,390$28,860$51,760
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$37,370$28,330$46,750
Fairbanks-College, AK$37,350$29,470$44,820
Manchester-Nashua, NH$37,350$30,590$46,120
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$37,330$32,640$47,330
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$37,330$29,120$46,880
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,220$30,400$52,530
Glens Falls, NY$37,200$31,200$48,920
Nevada$37,170$29,780$52,370
Green Bay, WI$37,120$28,110$47,950
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$37,090$28,450$45,750
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$37,090$30,900$46,560
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$37,090$29,040$49,610
Missoula, MT$37,080$28,660$50,030
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$37,080$30,030$46,280
Lincoln, NE$37,060$28,840$44,460
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$37,040$23,810$45,890
Colorado Springs, CO$37,040$30,850$45,770
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$37,030$30,940$47,160
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$37,020$29,980$47,220
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$36,990$29,740$45,540
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$36,990$29,590$46,400
Kansas City, MO-KS$36,970$29,530$46,420
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$36,960$32,640$47,550
Walla Walla, WA$36,950$33,860$48,450
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$36,950$29,310$44,140
Wisconsin$36,940$27,980$47,030
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$36,940$27,130$48,720
Rochester, NY$36,920$31,200$46,750
Medford, OR$36,880$30,720$47,480
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$36,860$27,040$45,450
Appleton, WI$36,860$28,010$47,470
Montana$36,830$26,540$50,780
Flagstaff, AZ$36,830$33,710$45,180
Delaware$36,820$29,590$46,520
Binghamton, NY$36,820$31,200$45,350
Nebraska$36,800$27,070$44,100
Wyoming$36,770$27,130$51,020
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$36,770$32,640$46,080
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$36,750$21,770$45,600
Elmira, NY$36,750$31,200$45,340
Santa Fe, NM$36,730$29,770$46,680
Charlottesville, VA$36,730$29,020$45,900
Cleveland, OH$36,730$26,980$44,070
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$36,710$27,110$46,950
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$36,690$31,200$44,300
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,680$28,450$45,830
Wausau, WI$36,670$26,970$46,290
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,670$29,070$44,890
Mankato, MN$36,670$28,810$44,800
Traverse City, MI$36,650$28,930$45,590
Illinois$36,630$29,790$46,440
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,630$27,680$45,870
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$36,620$29,680$43,620
Sheboygan, WI$36,600$24,960$45,180
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,600$23,210$43,680
Bismarck, ND$36,600$27,880$44,720
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$36,590$28,260$44,320
Virginia$36,580$28,380$46,080
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$36,580$29,150$45,480
Michigan$36,560$28,790$44,880
Fargo, ND-MN$36,540$27,590$45,530
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$36,540$29,150$46,350
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,530$25,140$49,570
Utah$36,510$28,320$46,770
Billings, MT$36,510$28,500$47,950
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,510$27,430$46,010
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$36,500$23,960$46,440
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$36,480$31,200$44,870
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$36,470$31,200$44,170
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,450$28,840$45,890
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$36,450$28,180$44,180
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$36,430$25,750$48,210
Greeley, CO$36,430$30,690$46,000
Lexington Park, MD$36,430$31,200$43,570
Coeur d'Alene, ID$36,410$21,420$46,700
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,400$28,560$45,280
Albany, OR$36,390$30,050$44,520
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,390$22,890$49,570
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$36,380$24,130$45,730
Richmond, VA$36,380$28,600$44,480
Vineland, NJ$36,380$31,470$47,750
Punta Gorda, FL$36,360$28,500$44,910
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$36,350$29,230$47,330
Corvallis, OR$36,330$30,330$46,060
Ames, IA$36,310$29,100$50,110
Fond du Lac, WI$36,310$23,720$45,910
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$36,300$30,730$43,720
Florida$36,300$28,570$44,980
Cheyenne, WY$36,270$28,570$47,620
Asheville, NC$36,200$28,080$45,260
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$36,200$27,200$45,300
Duluth, MN-WI$36,190$28,390$44,760
St. Cloud, MN$36,180$27,110$44,870
Harrisonburg, VA$36,170$27,650$43,910
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,170$28,350$45,570
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$36,160$28,320$45,380
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$36,150$28,660$43,920
Eugene-Springfield, OR$36,140$31,090$45,900
Helena, MT$36,120$23,420$49,640
Pueblo, CO$36,100$29,990$45,260
Eau Claire, WI$36,090$25,190$45,690
Janesville-Beloit, WI$36,090$27,630$46,410
Niles, MI$36,070$28,450$44,490
North Dakota$36,060$27,560$45,500
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,050$26,990$45,340
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,040$28,820$42,800
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,020$28,410$44,520
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,020$28,020$46,710
Tucson, AZ$36,020$30,680$44,370
Grand Forks, ND-MN$36,020$27,700$45,400
Minot, ND$36,020$27,710$44,790
Raleigh-Cary, NC$36,010$28,080$45,580
Ogden, UT$35,930$28,170$45,520
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$35,910$24,490$45,920
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$35,880$31,230$47,420
Iowa City, IA$35,880$28,780$46,840
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$35,870$27,820$43,830
Midland, TX$35,820$23,800$43,130
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$35,820$27,470$44,710
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35,810$28,760$43,940
Tennessee$35,810$24,150$44,740
Monroe, MI$35,790$28,800$43,810
Lancaster, PA$35,780$21,930$45,050
Cedar Rapids, IA$35,770$24,930$45,370
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$35,770$22,100$45,680
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$35,770$26,770$45,310
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,770$27,900$44,720
Dubuque, IA$35,760$24,880$46,450
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$35,760$27,580$46,250
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$35,730$23,830$43,940
Iowa$35,720$24,270$47,420
Grand Junction, CO$35,720$29,990$44,680
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$35,720$28,690$43,640
South Carolina$35,700$25,420$44,210
Columbia, SC$35,700$26,140$42,910
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,690$27,900$44,720
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$35,670$26,430$45,330
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,670$27,810$44,600
Spartanburg, SC$35,640$23,410$44,360
Knoxville, TN$35,630$22,510$43,560
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$35,620$28,710$45,700
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$35,580$25,600$45,030
Great Falls, MT$35,570$22,450$48,430
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$35,530$27,680$44,560
Casper, WY$35,530$28,680$47,180
Columbus, OH$35,510$26,810$44,400
Flint, MI$35,490$28,560$43,420
Savannah, GA$35,450$24,650$43,000
Jackson, MI$35,450$28,670$43,880
State College, PA$35,430$21,640$44,610
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,420$28,270$43,130
Logan, UT-ID$35,420$26,570$43,980
Midland, MI$35,420$28,860$44,930
Grand Island, NE$35,380$27,050$44,700
Reading, PA$35,360$21,280$44,920
Salisbury, MD$35,360$31,200$41,460
Pennsylvania$35,340$21,500$44,390
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,330$22,220$43,150
Missouri$35,320$26,980$45,250
Saginaw, MI$35,310$28,930$42,860
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,300$27,600$43,240
Lewiston, ID-WA$35,300$27,970$45,540
Boise City, ID$35,280$21,360$45,920
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,270$27,800$42,710
North Carolina$35,240$27,080$45,190
Jacksonville, FL$35,240$27,240$43,170
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,220$25,500$42,510
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$35,220$26,910$41,200
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$35,210$29,990$45,090
Kokomo, IN$35,190$23,910$39,390
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$35,170$24,780$46,760
Wilmington, NC$35,170$28,290$44,280
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$35,160$27,380$43,940
Rapid City, SD$35,150$29,770$45,240
South Dakota$35,150$29,800$43,720
St. George, UT$35,140$24,250$44,620
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$35,140$27,130$43,300
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$35,130$27,550$42,410
Gainesville, FL$35,130$28,140$42,860
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$35,110$30,520$44,940
Lebanon, PA$35,110$20,700$44,130
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$35,100$27,020$41,500
Georgia$35,090$22,410$42,930
Indiana$35,040$26,490$42,620
Gainesville, GA$35,020$23,880$42,700
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$35,010$27,690$45,070
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,000$20,790$43,730
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$34,990$27,830$42,080
Winchester, VA-WV$34,980$27,940$42,290
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,980$23,970$44,530
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$34,960$28,880$40,820
Virgin Islands$34,940$28,250$42,850
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$34,910$27,910$42,680
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,910$28,040$44,850
Idaho$34,890$20,580$44,980
Akron, OH$34,890$23,870$41,250
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$34,870$25,560$40,420
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,840$28,200$37,590
Bloomington, IL$34,800$29,120$43,090
Lynchburg, VA$34,790$27,030$42,620
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$34,770$25,420$41,450
Ohio$34,750$23,900$42,630
Ocala, FL$34,730$27,720$42,490
York-Hanover, PA$34,710$21,910$43,200
Jackson, TN$34,670$25,170$42,240
Yuma, AZ$34,670$29,950$42,660
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$34,650$23,710$38,520
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$34,650$29,120$44,370
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,590$27,910$46,690
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$34,570$29,850$43,870
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$34,560$23,190$43,620
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$34,560$22,530$47,440
Fort Wayne, IN$34,550$26,840$40,390
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$34,530$28,200$42,250
Dover, DE$34,520$28,500$43,990
Lexington-Fayette, KY$34,520$23,970$41,830
Odessa, TX$34,510$23,180$41,610
Winston-Salem, NC$34,510$23,890$43,410
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,510$23,920$41,660
Champaign-Urbana, IL$34,490$29,120$43,360
Greensboro-High Point, NC$34,460$23,920$44,490
Lawrence, KS$34,390$22,500$40,860
Peoria, IL$34,380$29,340$43,320
Albuquerque, NM$34,360$28,890$42,060
Rockford, IL$34,340$29,270$44,500
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$34,340$24,290$43,910
Idaho Falls, ID$34,320$20,260$44,050
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$34,320$24,750$45,660
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$34,310$26,570$41,600
Decatur, IL$34,280$29,120$43,160
Sebring, FL$34,240$26,880$41,560
Springfield, IL$34,240$29,160$43,950
Homosassa Springs, FL$34,240$27,560$42,020
Kansas$34,200$22,980$43,270
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,180$24,410$44,520
Tallahassee, FL$34,170$27,130$39,340
Bloomington, IN$34,150$27,310$38,350
New Mexico$34,110$27,670$42,060
Burlington, NC$34,110$24,200$43,180
Florence, SC$34,080$21,820$42,340
Sandusky, OH$34,070$23,970$43,570
Gettysburg, PA$34,060$21,150$43,380
Texas$34,050$23,430$43,360
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$34,040$21,040$43,270
Bay City, MI$34,030$26,800$38,100
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$33,930$24,960$42,620
Toledo, OH$33,860$22,990$42,030
Columbia, MO$33,850$27,580$39,870
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$33,770$27,030$41,600
Pittsburgh, PA$33,760$21,780$43,390
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$33,760$25,430$42,970
Roanoke, VA$33,670$26,900$40,110
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$33,670$29,850$43,080
Canton-Massillon, OH$33,580$23,710$40,070
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$33,520$29,120$42,590
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$33,490$26,140$42,060
Huntsville, AL$33,440$23,360$43,540
Kankakee, IL$33,430$29,120$45,050
Oklahoma City, OK$33,390$23,280$58,520
Chambersburg, PA$33,300$20,630$42,500
Twin Falls, ID$33,240$20,340$44,330
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$33,200$29,120$42,210
Morristown, TN$33,060$23,890$41,620
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$32,850$29,120$42,500
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$32,780$24,960$42,750
St. Joseph, MO-KS$32,670$27,170$42,380
Cleveland, TN$32,660$23,670$38,990
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$32,380$23,440$41,600
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$32,150$28,650$42,890
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,980$26,540$39,290
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$31,940$22,200$43,010
Springfield, OH$31,760$22,360$41,390
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$31,730$27,860$42,070
Tulsa, OK$31,500$23,520$47,900
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$31,420$29,120$41,690
Lima, OH$31,410$23,100$37,400
Wichita, KS$31,350$21,990$39,990
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$31,350$26,860$39,080
Altoona, PA$31,320$20,470$38,000
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$31,320$26,250$38,250
Birmingham, AL$31,200$23,960$38,550
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$31,200$20,380$44,910
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$31,200$22,720$42,580
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$31,200$18,620$42,280
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$31,120$22,000$43,250
Evansville, IN$31,090$26,490$36,910
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$31,060$27,660$37,930
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$31,030$22,900$37,150
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$31,030$22,820$39,270
Greenville, NC$31,000$24,900$42,180
Athens-Clarke County, GA$30,990$23,190$37,870
Topeka, KS$30,960$23,240$37,920
Warner Robins, GA$30,960$23,590$38,330
Kentucky$30,960$22,680$41,620
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,960$21,400$41,600
Farmington, NM$30,930$27,170$39,050
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$30,920$22,400$38,050
Erie, PA$30,830$20,030$39,200
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$30,800$24,960$42,780
Decatur, AL$30,790$22,880$37,880
Macon-Bibb County, GA$30,780$23,260$37,970
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$30,750$22,200$37,960
Williamsport, PA$30,680$20,670$41,170
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,680$23,180$41,860
Johnson City, TN$30,640$23,020$39,690
Oklahoma$30,610$22,790$48,610
Pocatello, ID$30,580$19,460$42,510
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$30,570$22,540$40,600
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$30,570$17,430$42,540
Muncie, IN$30,520$24,410$36,560
Mansfield, OH$30,490$22,100$36,870
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$30,490$21,800$39,440
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$30,440$22,970$37,410
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$30,410$20,890$37,740
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,360$23,280$45,290
Tuscaloosa, AL$30,340$23,140$37,640
Clarksville, TN-KY$30,320$22,380$39,590
Springfield, MO$30,310$27,410$39,200
Rome, GA$30,290$23,360$38,220
Sherman-Denison, TX$30,230$22,270$40,480
Las Cruces, NM$30,220$26,350$36,700
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$30,210$22,260$37,370
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$30,210$20,000$38,200
Bowling Green, KY$30,180$22,470$37,610
Owensboro, KY$30,160$22,460$37,360
Youngstown-Warren, OH$30,150$21,970$37,140
Sumter, SC$30,120$23,280$36,980
Baton Rouge, LA$30,110$22,030$38,230
Dalton, GA$30,110$22,010$37,330
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,110$22,630$45,880
Alabama$30,100$22,290$38,200
Columbus, IN$30,100$25,890$36,410
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$30,100$22,420$37,810
Jackson, MS$30,080$21,210$37,250
Johnstown, PA$30,080$19,050$38,400
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$30,070$26,650$38,370
Albany, GA$30,030$22,530$36,580
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$29,990$18,640$40,320
Waco, TX$29,940$22,090$36,770
Columbus, GA-AL$29,890$22,410$36,500
Amarillo, TX$29,880$22,150$36,880
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,810$26,550$37,080
Jefferson City, MO$29,800$26,640$39,610
Goldsboro, NC$29,790$23,430$36,300
Montgomery, AL$29,790$22,230$37,200
Mobile, AL$29,770$22,040$37,970
College Station-Bryan, TX$29,740$22,060$36,440
Corpus Christi, TX$29,680$21,630$37,590
Jonesboro, AR$29,570$26,190$36,600
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,550$21,450$36,640
Mississippi$29,520$21,200$36,990
Manhattan, KS$29,510$21,710$37,680
Terre Haute, IN$29,500$23,960$37,200
Abilene, TX$29,480$21,740$36,560
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$29,480$20,260$41,680
Arkansas$29,470$24,490$37,350
Lake Charles, LA$29,460$21,800$40,070
Rocky Mount, NC$29,450$22,900$37,470
Morgantown, WV$29,430$21,650$36,470
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$29,430$20,910$36,990
Tyler, TX$29,420$22,510$37,410
Wheeling, WV-OH$29,420$21,740$37,130
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,390$21,450$37,030
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,390$21,230$37,940
Lubbock, TX$29,380$22,650$36,130
Fayetteville, NC$29,350$23,400$37,380
Auburn-Opelika, AL$29,320$21,760$36,420
Joplin, MO-KS$29,320$26,140$38,400
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$29,300$26,750$38,530
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$29,290$23,590$38,900
Paducah, KY-IL$29,270$26,540$36,410
Jacksonville, NC$29,270$22,460$37,070
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,260$21,580$37,570
Victoria, TX$29,240$22,010$36,740
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$29,230$22,730$36,260
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$29,230$22,860$36,290
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,220$21,010$36,920
Elizabethtown, KY$29,190$22,140$36,640
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$29,150$21,740$36,960
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,120$21,060$36,800
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$29,120$24,960$44,160
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$29,120$20,260$37,640
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,030$21,590$37,080
Texarkana, TX-AR$29,000$22,810$35,900
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,000$21,150$37,810
Valdosta, GA$28,960$22,290$35,870
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$28,940$20,770$36,030
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,940$25,670$39,160
Killeen-Temple, TX$28,920$21,220$36,480
Louisiana$28,880$21,090$38,230
Enid, OK$28,880$21,150$44,840
Longview, TX$28,830$21,500$36,350
Charleston, WV$28,820$21,120$36,860
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$28,800$21,540$36,240
Hot Springs, AR$28,770$23,410$35,420
San Angelo, TX$28,760$21,290$36,010
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,750$22,460$40,310
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,690$20,860$36,330
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$28,630$20,620$36,510
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,630$22,770$35,930
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,630$19,740$37,910
Wichita Falls, TX$28,620$21,190$36,850
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,600$22,730$36,440
El Paso, TX$28,580$21,790$35,970
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,580$21,560$36,700
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$28,560$20,980$35,990
West Virginia$28,560$21,190$37,030
Anniston-Oxford, AL$28,540$21,120$40,340
Dothan, AL$28,500$22,110$38,720
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,480$22,250$37,520
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,470$22,010$37,530
Lafayette, LA$28,380$20,530$35,380
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,380$17,930$38,050
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,370$20,100$36,880
Lawton, OK$28,360$21,700$41,190
Hattiesburg, MS$28,280$21,010$35,130
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$28,250$20,630$35,690
Gadsden, AL$28,230$21,490$34,730
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,230$20,940$38,230
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,200$26,180$37,040
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,200$26,110$37,140
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$28,140$20,550$35,600
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,130$20,800$37,430
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,120$20,800$36,130
Fort Smith, AR-OK$28,100$23,540$35,550
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$28,100$20,410$35,920
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,080$20,530$35,960
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,040$21,080$35,960
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,020$23,430$36,030
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,020$21,080$36,040
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$27,950$20,490$35,610
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,870$23,360$35,410
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$27,870$20,800$35,250
Alexandria, LA$27,810$20,400$35,270
Eagle Pass, TX$27,700$19,020$35,330
Hammond, LA$27,670$20,340$35,030
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$27,670$21,200$35,370
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$27,640$19,510$35,280
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,610$20,080$36,810
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,560$23,430$35,530
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,550$23,370$36,140
Beckley, WV$27,540$21,060$34,890
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,540$20,080$36,240
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$27,490$17,810$36,040
Laredo, TX$27,360$18,770$35,360
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$26,960$16,570$40,430
Monroe, LA$26,640$20,230$34,530
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$25,550$20,050$33,370
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$24,420$19,780$34,240
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$24,200$19,760$29,110
Puerto Rico$23,920$19,760$29,110
Guayama, PR$23,430$20,490$27,990
Guam$22,900$21,720$27,780
Ponce, PR$22,610$20,390$27,830
Aguadilla, PR$22,360$19,760$26,810
Arecibo, PR$22,340$19,870$27,610
Mayaguez, PR$21,860$19,760$27,100
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$21,840$20,060$26,920

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Cooks, Restaurant make?

The median annual salary for a Cooks, Restaurant is $36,830, with a typical range of $28,010 – $47,340 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Cooks, Restaurant?

Entry-level Cooks, Restaurant positions typically start around $28,010 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Cooks, Restaurants earn the most?

Cooks, Restaurants tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.