Cooks, Short Order Salary

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

Median Annual Salary

$35,620

National average

Salary Range

$23,770 – $46,010

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Cooks, Short Order Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$48,970$39,200$65,540
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$48,700$36,810$48,700
Barnstable Town, MA$46,830$35,990$57,220
Arizona$46,240$31,470$48,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$46,010$37,600$48,070
Washington$46,010$37,430$48,070
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$45,680$38,720$61,130
Massachusetts$44,770$35,660$52,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44,270$38,220$51,530
Colorado$44,090$31,970$63,170
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$44,090$40,470$63,170
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$43,740$33,930$47,050
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$43,610$29,940$52,000
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$43,570$37,240$52,820
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$42,480$36,860$46,230
Worcester, MA$42,480$31,200$48,600
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$42,310$37,910$48,620
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$42,290$33,260$49,180
Hawaii$41,100$35,140$63,340
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$40,960$34,790$59,020
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$40,330$37,470$49,710
Reno, NV$40,300$40,060$42,770
Alaska$39,940$39,520$47,930
Anchorage, AK$39,940$39,940$47,440
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$39,710$30,090$46,010
Springfield, MA$39,660$32,060$47,500
Napa, CA$39,650$36,920$48,530
Urban Honolulu, HI$39,640$32,280$59,700
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$39,510$34,960$46,210
Rochester, NY$39,400$31,200$44,160
Pueblo, CO$39,290$29,990$56,370
Vermont$39,140$31,650$47,620
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$39,140$31,640$46,840
California$39,010$35,020$47,310
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$39,010$35,760$49,320
Nevada$38,970$28,320$42,770
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$38,970$28,320$41,730
Bellingham, WA$38,550$34,540$47,920
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$38,340$28,080$47,500
District of Columbia$38,340$38,340$47,520
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$38,300$37,540$50,880
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$38,210$31,950$48,280
Santa Fe, NM$38,200$31,950$46,080
Kingston, NY$38,170$31,200$45,020
New Mexico$38,130$30,280$43,680
Albuquerque, NM$38,130$30,800$43,680
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$38,070$31,200$47,330
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$38,020$34,810$48,190
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$38,000$33,280$45,540
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$38,000$33,250$47,620
Salinas, CA$37,930$35,820$45,440
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$37,900$33,470$49,090
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$37,890$35,430$46,070
Vallejo, CA$37,890$36,640$48,460
Colorado Springs, CO$37,750$29,990$58,920
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$37,650$34,330$47,620
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$37,600$32,910$43,100
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$37,600$34,690$44,770
Ithaca, NY$37,560$31,200$45,330
Yakima, WA$37,430$34,080$52,000
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,360$35,280$45,200
St. Louis, MO-IL$37,350$30,610$45,070
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$37,330$31,710$43,180
Yuba City, CA$37,290$33,280$43,320
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$37,190$31,880$48,260
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,170$31,200$45,150
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$37,040$33,280$42,800
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$37,030$31,580$53,690
Lexington-Fayette, KY$37,000$23,390$46,220
Connecticut$36,970$32,800$43,790
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$36,900$35,040$45,460
New York$36,830$31,950$46,520
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$36,740$33,130$43,790
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$36,740$30,090$58,140
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$36,740$35,110$45,200
Illinois$36,700$29,800$48,020
Portland-South Portland, ME$36,680$33,240$52,460
Utah$36,680$27,610$48,740
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$36,620$31,200$45,760
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$36,580$30,350$59,990
Topeka, KS$36,530$23,960$64,190
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$36,480$34,650$42,740
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$36,220$32,670$43,170
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$36,030$27,240$45,760
Grants Pass, OR$35,940$29,540$41,190
Modesto, CA$35,940$34,730$44,590
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$35,920$31,200$45,120
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$35,860$33,920$43,450
Redding, CA$35,790$33,280$45,850
Muncie, IN$35,770$17,460$38,330
Elmira, NY$35,720$31,200$43,320
Naples-Marco Island, FL$35,680$35,050$46,820
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$35,620$34,560$45,080
Oregon$35,620$30,040$42,600
Wyoming$35,620$33,390$36,970
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35,620$30,400$43,560
Salem, OR$35,590$29,260$40,790
Visalia, CA$35,380$33,280$42,710
Syracuse, NY$35,360$31,200$45,030
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$35,360$26,990$46,200
Omaha, NE-IA$35,300$26,240$47,110
Missouri$35,300$29,820$45,070
Maryland$35,280$33,580$39,850
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$35,280$33,760$35,940
Lexington Park, MD$35,230$31,950$36,530
New Jersey$35,190$31,610$43,460
Eugene-Springfield, OR$35,190$28,130$39,210
Fresno, CA$35,180$33,280$42,110
Stockton-Lodi, CA$35,140$33,730$43,530
Charlottesville, VA$35,130$27,420$39,890
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,120$29,220$51,200
Rockford, IL$35,090$29,400$45,130
Corvallis, OR$35,050$27,980$43,640
Tucson, AZ$35,010$30,840$45,280
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$34,940$27,830$40,860
Chico, CA$34,900$33,280$42,960
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$34,890$31,200$45,010
Ames, IA$34,880$23,960$45,300
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$34,860$32,670$43,460
Jacksonville, FL$34,770$24,960$43,060
Iowa City, IA$34,710$28,350$38,260
North Dakota$34,700$32,780$61,660
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$34,660$27,350$41,390
Medford, OR$34,590$28,440$39,640
Rhode Island$34,410$30,880$40,470
Florida$34,320$29,360$42,810
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$34,320$27,830$38,790
Kansas City, MO-KS$34,300$26,780$44,050
Merced, CA$34,200$33,280$42,660
Binghamton, NY$34,160$31,200$42,940
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$34,130$31,580$40,410
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,090$29,410$40,800
Maine$34,070$31,200$42,980
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$33,980$31,200$45,760
Albany, OR$33,970$28,610$39,890
Glens Falls, NY$33,910$31,200$42,600
Port St. Lucie, FL$33,880$26,760$41,060
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$33,870$31,200$38,080
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$33,760$32,800$38,340
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$33,700$30,830$40,280
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$33,670$24,050$45,820
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$33,610$28,580$39,810
Bangor, ME$33,520$31,430$42,600
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$33,460$30,040$38,700
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$33,460$29,230$41,420
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$33,400$31,250$43,610
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$33,390$21,780$34,740
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$33,280$31,200$44,900
Columbus, OH$33,280$24,500$43,560
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,280$29,800$33,280
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,280$17,430$33,280
Utica-Rome, NY$33,250$31,200$41,660
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$33,220$31,060$37,500
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$33,120$28,150$41,280
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$32,970$23,960$43,750
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$32,910$31,200$41,330
Boise City, ID$32,780$22,970$32,780
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$32,620$24,910$37,000
Dubuque, IA$32,520$23,760$40,630
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$32,510$18,210$43,650
Bend, OR$32,460$29,540$38,250
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$32,430$29,120$34,960
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$32,400$29,090$37,850
Midland, TX$32,380$26,640$35,130
Traverse City, MI$32,280$23,550$48,220
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$32,280$23,380$40,110
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$32,280$29,650$41,600
Gainesville, FL$32,240$30,140$37,370
Killeen-Temple, TX$32,130$22,540$36,670
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$32,000$26,140$38,850
Delaware$31,960$29,040$40,070
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$31,950$25,540$45,720
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$31,950$31,470$45,460
Iowa$31,520$24,930$39,530
Montana$31,490$28,940$39,260
Cedar Rapids, IA$31,460$25,940$37,580
Tulsa, OK$31,320$21,030$38,240
Idaho$31,280$22,960$33,080
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$31,280$22,370$31,280
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$31,250$25,760$36,750
Richmond, VA$31,240$24,960$38,830
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$31,210$26,000$36,190
Raleigh-Cary, NC$31,200$25,720$37,980
Rapid City, SD$31,200$27,240$38,030
Nebraska$31,200$25,560$42,600
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$31,200$23,960$45,830
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$31,200$24,930$35,210
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$31,200$30,110$40,070
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$31,190$24,080$44,080
South Dakota$31,160$27,080$38,150
Oklahoma City, OK$31,040$27,340$38,050
Oklahoma$31,040$21,030$37,110
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$31,040$22,570$39,740
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$30,970$24,520$38,190
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$30,890$24,930$44,190
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$30,880$29,290$50,480
Wilmington, NC$30,790$25,380$35,360
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$30,730$23,080$42,670
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$30,730$17,750$37,380
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$30,710$22,520$37,180
Indiana$30,700$18,190$37,860
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$30,700$26,190$35,220
Michigan$30,670$22,950$45,760
North Carolina$30,530$22,670$35,790
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$30,500$23,800$36,560
Tallahassee, FL$30,490$27,260$34,640
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$30,480$26,150$37,590
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$30,470$23,420$38,240
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$30,460$26,000$37,440
Lincoln, NE$30,450$25,560$37,440
Toledo, OH$30,360$26,740$42,090
Winston-Salem, NC$30,350$25,300$34,010
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$30,320$25,500$36,600
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$30,270$24,960$43,000
Virginia$30,270$24,960$42,590
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,260$24,960$37,260
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$30,250$18,680$38,730
Kokomo, IN$30,220$18,710$37,650
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,080$24,960$37,260
Akron, OH$30,050$21,740$37,260
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$29,950$24,960$43,760
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$29,820$19,170$34,980
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,820$24,960$37,260
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$29,820$20,470$37,440
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,800$29,120$35,240
Columbia, MO$29,750$27,810$37,840
Grand Island, NE$29,710$24,960$37,760
Terre Haute, IN$29,690$17,150$38,970
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$29,640$22,950$42,590
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$29,610$22,950$37,170
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$29,540$24,960$44,520
Ann Arbor, MI$29,480$22,760$43,300
Canton-Massillon, OH$29,440$22,470$40,480
Arkansas$29,410$25,940$40,770
Fort Wayne, IN$29,340$17,850$36,390
Wichita Falls, TX$29,270$25,340$33,900
Minnesota$29,260$22,940$42,030
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,200$27,390$40,740
South Carolina$29,180$22,410$34,840
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$29,180$21,940$44,180
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,160$17,430$30,540
Hammond, LA$29,150$21,400$43,640
Kentucky$29,120$22,260$42,300
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$29,050$19,170$30,960
New Hampshire$29,000$23,070$38,120
Tennessee$29,000$20,470$39,480
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$29,000$21,770$39,030
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$28,980$21,740$37,230
Duluth, MN-WI$28,970$22,570$35,400
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,970$25,040$35,610
Huntsville, AL$28,940$23,600$52,800
Ogden, UT$28,890$26,870$46,580
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$28,820$21,300$42,300
Texas$28,770$22,790$37,220
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$28,770$25,640$38,580
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$28,740$21,270$35,780
Lafayette, LA$28,680$21,580$44,010
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$28,630$17,870$36,590
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,630$17,530$36,740
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,630$22,610$36,740
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$28,630$22,760$34,700
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,600$20,800$35,130
Columbia, SC$28,580$23,190$31,730
Knoxville, TN$28,580$20,840$38,390
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$28,560$22,790$38,690
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$28,560$22,830$38,690
Clarksville, TN-KY$28,550$20,240$37,630
Baton Rouge, LA$28,540$21,690$47,270
Jackson, MS$28,490$19,090$36,930
Johnson City, TN$28,460$22,850$37,200
Ohio$28,400$21,740$42,580
Amarillo, TX$28,340$23,710$33,720
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$28,340$21,110$39,030
Morristown, TN$28,290$18,570$29,630
Tyler, TX$28,250$22,690$34,790
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$28,190$20,600$34,200
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,190$21,860$33,550
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$28,170$23,920$34,960
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,140$18,660$34,050
Wausau, WI$28,100$24,550$33,000
Longview, TX$28,100$22,420$34,540
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,100$21,740$33,280
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$28,100$21,740$31,190
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$28,070$22,950$38,940
Lubbock, TX$28,060$22,350$33,900
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$27,950$22,130$48,220
Youngstown-Warren, OH$27,860$21,740$37,930
Wheeling, WV-OH$27,780$21,740$36,770
Manchester-Nashua, NH$27,760$22,100$35,130
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$27,730$18,410$38,640
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$27,690$20,150$30,650
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$27,690$20,150$36,970
Saginaw, MI$27,580$21,490$42,880
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$27,570$21,610$45,690
Spartanburg, SC$27,540$24,010$33,990
West Virginia$27,480$20,140$35,060
Morgantown, WV$27,480$24,420$34,490
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$27,460$21,720$32,670
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,450$16,090$42,810
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$27,400$22,950$42,590
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$27,380$20,470$33,280
Kenosha, WI$27,360$26,720$43,570
Appleton, WI$27,350$23,860$33,380
Wisconsin$27,300$20,470$35,720
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$27,300$27,300$35,120
Chattanooga, TN-GA$27,230$18,990$35,890
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$27,210$24,270$42,600
Mansfield, OH$27,200$21,740$38,160
Waco, TX$27,160$22,870$32,980
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$27,160$22,190$35,620
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$27,110$21,430$31,720
Louisiana$27,050$21,140$45,670
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$27,040$21,740$34,540
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$26,960$24,960$39,810
Green Bay, WI$26,920$24,010$35,600
Abilene, TX$26,900$21,300$32,430
Beckley, WV$26,850$21,950$33,400
Florence, SC$26,810$21,780$30,620
Kansas$26,780$22,460$46,050
Sandusky, OH$26,740$21,740$39,600
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$26,690$22,570$36,030
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$26,650$19,320$32,490
Gainesville, GA$26,620$23,280$34,430
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$26,620$18,410$35,360
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$26,620$22,950$35,880
Birmingham, AL$26,500$23,280$39,510
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$26,500$20,470$33,280
Williamsport, PA$26,330$16,000$48,830
Roanoke, VA$26,250$24,960$37,030
Wichita, KS$26,170$23,400$36,010
Hattiesburg, MS$26,170$17,640$29,940
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$26,010$24,960$38,290
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$26,000$22,900$29,860
Manhattan, KS$25,850$23,110$34,240
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$25,770$22,460$45,450
Mississippi$25,710$17,820$35,620
York-Hanover, PA$25,650$16,640$31,190
Bowling Green, KY$25,630$22,260$36,730
Montgomery, AL$25,470$22,280$49,860
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$25,400$21,390$29,460
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$25,380$21,890$35,100
Alabama$25,340$22,250$40,840
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$25,340$20,690$29,550
Mobile, AL$25,340$23,840$28,270
Athens-Clarke County, GA$25,330$18,220$35,030
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$25,210$18,620$31,560
Auburn-Opelika, AL$25,030$21,840$35,730
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$24,990$22,670$32,550
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$24,960$21,820$44,530
Lancaster, PA$24,630$16,830$37,620
Laredo, TX$24,590$21,270$30,980
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$24,590$20,690$33,990
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$24,490$24,490$30,130
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$24,450$21,150$35,620
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$24,270$21,490$48,080
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$23,960$21,740$30,490
Alexandria, LA$23,810$21,400$43,650
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$23,810$19,170$34,080
Savannah, GA$23,780$19,530$34,850
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$23,460$20,150$33,280
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$23,080$19,610$38,410
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,060$21,080$48,150
Cleveland, TN$22,970$18,660$32,760
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$22,870$19,480$35,060
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$22,830$19,600$42,330
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$22,830$19,600$38,410
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,580$17,820$34,080
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$22,480$21,430$26,570
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$22,360$16,090$66,310
Guam$22,350$21,780$24,360
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$22,330$17,330$36,780
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$22,190$21,650$35,620
Georgia$22,160$20,800$37,230
Reading, PA$21,900$16,940$35,610
Erie, PA$21,850$15,720$29,610
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$21,810$16,870$37,720
Cleveland, OH$21,740$21,740$35,350
Monroe, LA$21,540$20,930$38,740
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$20,840$17,820$34,080
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$20,800$16,090$29,750
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$20,500$17,820$35,540
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$20,470$20,470$29,050
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$20,210$19,760$22,260
Puerto Rico$20,200$19,760$22,260
Ponce, PR$19,760$19,760$20,450
Pennsylvania$18,400$16,640$38,870
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$18,100$16,360$36,580

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Cooks, Short Order make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Cooks, Short Order is $35,620, with a typical range of $23,770 – $46,010 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Cooks, Short Order?β–Ύ

Entry-level Cooks, Short Order positions typically start around $23,770 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Cooks, Short Orders earn the most?β–Ύ

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