Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Salary

Median Salary
$37,450
per year
Hourly Rate
$18.01
per hour
Employment
441,050
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$28,480
25th percentile
$32,440
Median
$37,450
75th percentile
$44,800
90th percentile
$49,670

💰 Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Washington$49,670+32.6%
Alaska$48,580+29.7%
Massachusetts$47,790+27.6%
Hawaii$47,770+27.6%
Rhode Island$46,570+24.4%
California$46,390+23.9%
Vermont$46,370+23.8%
Connecticut$46,120+23.2%
New York$45,880+22.5%
District of Columbia$45,450+21.4%
New Hampshire$45,370+21.1%
New Jersey$44,520+18.9%
Oregon$44,520+18.9%
Delaware$44,080+17.7%
Maine$43,490+16.1%
Minnesota$43,460+16.0%
Colorado$42,500+13.5%
Maryland$41,380+10.5%
Arizona$39,660+5.9%
North Dakota$39,490+5.4%
Nevada$39,430+5.3%
Wisconsin$38,650+3.2%
Utah$38,200+2.0%
Virginia$37,890+1.2%
Illinois$37,440-0.0%
Montana$37,150-0.8%
Wyoming$36,940-1.4%
Michigan$36,870-1.5%
South Dakota$36,730-1.9%
Ohio$36,720-1.9%
Pennsylvania$36,540-2.4%
New Mexico$36,470-2.6%
Nebraska$36,390-2.8%
Florida$36,250-3.2%
North Carolina$36,140-3.5%
Indiana$35,980-3.9%
Iowa$35,810-4.4%
Idaho$35,600-4.9%
Tennessee$35,570-5.0%
Texas$35,360-5.6%
Georgia$35,090-6.3%
South Carolina$34,960-6.6%
Missouri$34,900-6.8%
Kansas$31,950-14.7%
Kentucky$31,550-15.8%
Arkansas$30,240-19.3%
West Virginia$29,740-20.6%
Oklahoma$29,270-21.8%
Mississippi$27,390-26.9%
Alabama$27,120-27.6%
Louisiana$25,490-31.9%

🏙️ Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$55,400+47.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$51,880+38.5%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$51,620+37.8%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$51,530+37.6%
Barnstable Town, MA$49,720+32.8%
Fairbanks-College, AK$49,340+31.7%
Bellingham, WA$49,320+31.7%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$49,280+31.6%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49,140+31.2%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$48,820+30.4%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$48,530+29.6%
Anchorage, AK$48,290+28.9%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$48,210+28.7%
Napa, CA$48,060+28.3%
Boulder, CO$48,020+28.2%
Pittsfield, MA$47,740+27.5%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$47,390+26.5%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$47,380+26.5%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$47,310+26.3%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$47,260+26.2%
Vallejo, CA$47,130+25.8%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$47,100+25.8%
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,000+25.5%
Ithaca, NY$46,870+25.2%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$46,870+25.2%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,850+25.1%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$46,820+25.0%
Salinas, CA$46,820+25.0%
Urban Honolulu, HI$46,780+24.9%
Worcester, MA$46,780+24.9%
Yakima, WA$46,730+24.8%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$46,690+24.7%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$46,650+24.6%
Springfield, MA$46,440+24.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$46,350+23.8%
Walla Walla, WA$46,170+23.3%
New Haven, CT$46,000+22.8%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$45,800+22.3%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$45,740+22.1%
Longview-Kelso, WA$45,640+21.9%
Vineland, NJ$45,510+21.5%
Modesto, CA$45,480+21.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,400+21.2%
Bend, OR$45,350+21.1%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$45,330+21.0%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$45,070+20.3%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,020+20.2%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$44,970+20.1%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$44,880+19.8%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$44,830+19.7%
Salem, OR$44,690+19.3%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$44,670+19.3%
Kingston, NY$44,650+19.2%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$44,570+19.0%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$44,510+18.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$44,470+18.7%
Salisbury, MD$44,430+18.6%
Merced, CA$44,410+18.6%
Bozeman, MT$44,260+18.2%
Redding, CA$44,250+18.2%
Grants Pass, OR$44,140+17.9%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$44,110+17.8%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,950+17.4%
Yuba City, CA$43,940+17.3%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$43,910+17.2%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$43,890+17.2%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$43,820+17.0%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$43,730+16.8%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$43,550+16.3%
Reno, NV$43,270+15.5%
Rochester, MN$43,160+15.2%
Madison, WI$42,960+14.7%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$42,960+14.7%
Greeley, CO$42,950+14.7%
Bangor, ME$42,700+14.0%
Fresno, CA$42,580+13.7%
Medford, OR$42,450+13.4%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$41,860+11.8%
Visalia, CA$41,820+11.7%
Utica-Rome, NY$41,660+11.2%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$41,470+10.7%
Chico, CA$41,380+10.5%
Dover, DE$41,370+10.5%
Fargo, ND-MN$41,120+9.8%
El Centro, CA$40,980+9.4%
St. Cloud, MN$40,590+8.4%
Binghamton, NY$40,510+8.2%
Syracuse, NY$40,450+8.0%
Lexington Park, MD$40,420+7.9%
Mankato, MN$40,410+7.9%
Flagstaff, AZ$40,380+7.8%
Duluth, MN-WI$40,300+7.6%
Ann Arbor, MI$40,250+7.5%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$40,240+7.4%
Glens Falls, NY$40,190+7.3%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$40,120+7.1%
Albany, OR$40,000+6.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$39,870+6.5%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$39,770+6.2%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$39,560+5.6%
Santa Fe, NM$39,370+5.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,310+5.0%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$39,190+4.6%
Grand Junction, CO$39,140+4.5%
Colorado Springs, CO$39,110+4.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$39,050+4.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$38,980+4.1%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$38,970+4.1%
Corvallis, OR$38,950+4.0%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$38,920+3.9%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$38,880+3.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$38,870+3.8%
Traverse City, MI$38,780+3.6%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$38,730+3.4%
Rochester, NY$38,670+3.3%
Green Bay, WI$38,640+3.2%
Battle Creek, MI$38,580+3.0%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$38,580+3.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$38,570+3.0%
Minot, ND$38,570+3.0%
Pueblo, CO$38,560+3.0%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$38,530+2.9%
Charlottesville, VA$38,510+2.8%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$38,500+2.8%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$38,440+2.6%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$38,440+2.6%
Jackson, MI$38,360+2.4%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$38,330+2.3%
Bismarck, ND$38,310+2.3%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,290+2.2%
Casper, WY$38,230+2.1%
Gainesville, GA$38,220+2.1%
Wausau, WI$38,170+1.9%
Kenosha, WI$38,150+1.9%
Goldsboro, NC$38,120+1.8%
Appleton, WI$38,110+1.8%
Columbus, OH$38,100+1.7%
Eau Claire, WI$37,990+1.4%
Bloomington, IL$37,950+1.3%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,910+1.2%
Harrisonburg, VA$37,900+1.2%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$37,830+1.0%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,800+0.9%
Albuquerque, NM$37,740+0.8%
Billings, MT$37,700+0.7%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$37,690+0.6%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$37,650+0.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$37,620+0.5%
Tucson, AZ$37,620+0.5%
Asheville, NC$37,550+0.3%
Lewiston, ID-WA$37,500+0.1%
Sheboygan, WI$37,470+0.1%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$37,460+0.0%
Lawton, OK$37,450+0.0%
St. George, UT$37,440-0.0%
Sebring, FL$37,380-0.2%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$37,370-0.2%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$37,370-0.2%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$37,360-0.2%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$37,340-0.3%
Farmington, NM$37,310-0.4%
Missoula, MT$37,270-0.5%
Ogden, UT$37,240-0.6%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$37,240-0.6%
Bloomington, IN$37,230-0.6%
Fayetteville, NC$37,200-0.7%
Fond du Lac, WI$37,200-0.7%
Punta Gorda, FL$37,200-0.7%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$37,190-0.7%
Helena, MT$37,190-0.7%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$37,180-0.7%
Richmond, VA$37,140-0.8%
Logan, UT-ID$37,110-0.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$37,100-0.9%
State College, PA$37,100-0.9%
Akron, OH$37,080-1.0%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$37,080-1.0%
Port St. Lucie, FL$37,070-1.0%
Lancaster, PA$37,040-1.1%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,030-1.1%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$37,010-1.2%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,990-1.2%
Elmira, NY$36,990-1.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$36,970-1.3%
Cleveland, OH$36,930-1.4%
College Station-Bryan, TX$36,890-1.5%
Dubuque, IA$36,890-1.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$36,880-1.5%
Midland, MI$36,870-1.5%
Rapid City, SD$36,870-1.5%
Lincoln, NE$36,830-1.7%
Toledo, OH$36,760-1.8%
Decatur, IL$36,750-1.9%
Omaha, NE-IA$36,750-1.9%
Carson City, NV$36,740-1.9%
Homosassa Springs, FL$36,710-2.0%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,680-2.1%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$36,670-2.1%
Iowa City, IA$36,670-2.1%
Winston-Salem, NC$36,670-2.1%
Reading, PA$36,590-2.3%
Ames, IA$36,540-2.4%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$36,510-2.5%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$36,510-2.5%
Jacksonville, FL$36,490-2.6%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$36,480-2.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$36,470-2.6%
Midland, TX$36,470-2.6%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$36,470-2.6%
Cedar Rapids, IA$36,410-2.8%
Gainesville, FL$36,400-2.8%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,350-2.9%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$36,320-3.0%
Fort Wayne, IN$36,300-3.1%
Kokomo, IN$36,290-3.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$36,250-3.2%
Lebanon, PA$36,230-3.3%
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,200-3.3%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$36,190-3.4%
Niles, MI$36,180-3.4%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$36,170-3.4%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$36,130-3.5%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$36,100-3.6%
Pittsburgh, PA$36,100-3.6%
Kansas City, MO-KS$36,080-3.7%
Lawrence, KS$36,080-3.7%
Las Cruces, NM$36,060-3.7%
Wilmington, NC$36,050-3.7%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,030-3.8%
York-Hanover, PA$36,030-3.8%
Peoria, IL$35,980-3.9%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$35,970-4.0%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$35,940-4.0%
Boise City, ID$35,890-4.2%
Mansfield, OH$35,890-4.2%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,890-4.2%
Sandusky, OH$35,880-4.2%
Lima, OH$35,820-4.4%
Monroe, MI$35,800-4.4%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$35,790-4.4%
Cheyenne, WY$35,780-4.5%
Gettysburg, PA$35,770-4.5%
Great Falls, MT$35,770-4.5%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$35,740-4.6%
Williamsport, PA$35,720-4.6%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$35,680-4.7%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$35,680-4.7%
Roanoke, VA$35,670-4.8%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$35,660-4.8%
Grand Island, NE$35,630-4.9%
Erie, PA$35,620-4.9%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,610-4.9%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$35,610-4.9%
Springfield, IL$35,600-4.9%
Springfield, OH$35,590-5.0%
Clarksville, TN-KY$35,570-5.0%
Guam$35,540-5.1%
Canton-Massillon, OH$35,530-5.1%
Columbus, IN$35,490-5.2%
Savannah, GA$35,480-5.3%
Winchester, VA-WV$35,350-5.6%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$35,320-5.7%
Paducah, KY-IL$35,310-5.7%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$35,270-5.8%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$35,250-5.9%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$35,210-6.0%
Kankakee, IL$35,200-6.0%
Evansville, IN$35,180-6.1%
Knoxville, TN$35,150-6.1%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$35,130-6.2%
Lynchburg, VA$35,120-6.2%
Jackson, TN$35,110-6.2%
Saginaw, MI$35,060-6.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$35,040-6.4%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$34,980-6.6%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$34,970-6.6%
Bay City, MI$34,950-6.7%
Killeen-Temple, TX$34,930-6.7%
Chambersburg, PA$34,910-6.8%
Twin Falls, ID$34,880-6.9%
Burlington, NC$34,860-6.9%
Greenville, NC$34,840-7.0%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$34,810-7.0%
Columbia, SC$34,800-7.1%
Tallahassee, FL$34,710-7.3%
Yuma, AZ$34,680-7.4%
Altoona, PA$34,610-7.6%
Rockford, IL$34,580-7.7%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$34,570-7.7%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$34,510-7.9%
Sherman-Denison, TX$34,480-7.9%
Springfield, MO$34,450-8.0%
Waco, TX$34,410-8.1%
Muncie, IN$34,370-8.2%
Odessa, TX$34,330-8.3%
Idaho Falls, ID$34,260-8.5%
Manhattan, KS$34,100-8.9%
Spartanburg, SC$34,080-9.0%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$34,070-9.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$33,960-9.3%
San Angelo, TX$33,930-9.4%
Columbia, MO$33,900-9.5%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$33,880-9.5%
Jacksonville, NC$33,820-9.7%
Pocatello, ID$33,720-10.0%
Flint, MI$33,570-10.4%
Rocky Mount, NC$33,560-10.4%
Florence, SC$33,540-10.4%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$33,530-10.5%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$33,430-10.7%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$33,410-10.8%
Ocala, FL$33,410-10.8%
Terre Haute, IN$33,300-11.1%
Topeka, KS$33,200-11.3%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$33,170-11.4%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,950-12.0%
Amarillo, TX$32,880-12.2%
Jonesboro, AR$32,720-12.6%
Lake Charles, LA$32,460-13.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$32,400-13.5%
Cleveland, TN$32,220-14.0%
Hot Springs, AR$32,140-14.2%
Columbus, GA-AL$31,940-14.7%
Abilene, TX$31,850-15.0%
Wichita, KS$31,850-15.0%
Jefferson City, MO$31,840-15.0%
Morgantown, WV$31,770-15.2%
Tuscaloosa, AL$31,700-15.4%
Bowling Green, KY$31,550-15.8%
Johnson City, TN$31,330-16.3%
Rome, GA$31,150-16.8%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$31,090-17.0%
Joplin, MO-KS$31,070-17.0%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$30,850-17.6%
Tulsa, OK$30,750-17.9%
Tyler, TX$30,600-18.3%
Wheeling, WV-OH$30,600-18.3%
Oklahoma City, OK$30,540-18.5%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$30,480-18.6%
Corpus Christi, TX$30,470-18.6%
Johnstown, PA$30,450-18.7%
Virgin Islands$30,440-18.7%
Albany, GA$30,430-18.7%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$30,410-18.8%
Elizabethtown, KY$30,260-19.2%
Owensboro, KY$30,170-19.4%
Morristown, TN$30,080-19.7%
Charleston, WV$30,050-19.8%
Warner Robins, GA$30,050-19.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,990-19.9%
Valdosta, GA$29,710-20.7%
Lubbock, TX$29,700-20.7%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$29,680-20.7%
Beckley, WV$29,630-20.9%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$29,630-20.9%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$29,380-21.5%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$29,370-21.6%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$29,300-21.8%
Longview, TX$29,220-22.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$29,080-22.3%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$29,000-22.6%
Sumter, SC$28,880-22.9%
Victoria, TX$28,860-22.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$28,630-23.6%
Mobile, AL$28,580-23.7%
Ponce, PR$28,540-23.8%
El Paso, TX$28,110-24.9%
Huntsville, AL$28,110-24.9%
Dothan, AL$27,860-25.6%
Eagle Pass, TX$27,710-26.0%
Texarkana, TX-AR$27,620-26.2%
Hattiesburg, MS$27,600-26.3%
Laredo, TX$27,570-26.4%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$27,270-27.2%
Birmingham, AL$27,220-27.3%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$27,210-27.3%
Enid, OK$27,090-27.7%
Jackson, MS$26,980-28.0%
Lafayette, LA$26,400-29.5%
Puerto Rico$26,260-29.9%
Aguadilla, PR$26,260-29.9%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,260-29.9%
Baton Rouge, LA$24,740-33.9%
Arecibo, PR$24,410-34.8%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$23,960-36.0%
Mayaguez, PR$23,820-36.4%
Decatur, AL$23,650-36.8%
Guayama, PR$23,570-37.1%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$23,480-37.3%
Montgomery, AL$23,080-38.4%
Monroe, LA$22,980-38.6%
Gadsden, AL$22,480-40.0%
Alexandria, LA$21,690-42.1%
Hammond, LA$20,680-44.8%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.