Cooks, Restaurant Salary

Median Salary
$37,390
per year
Hourly Rate
$17.98
per hour
Employment
1,409,890
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$28,700
25th percentile
$34,010
Median
$37,390
75th percentile
$44,620
90th percentile
$47,900

💰 Cooks, Restaurant Salary by State

StateMedianvs. National
Washington$46,800+25.2%
District of Columbia$46,130+23.4%
Massachusetts$45,600+22.0%
Hawaii$45,420+21.5%
Vermont$45,390+21.4%
Maine$45,290+21.1%
California$44,880+20.0%
New York$43,680+16.8%
Oregon$43,100+15.3%
Colorado$41,600+11.3%
New Hampshire$40,200+7.5%
Alaska$40,140+7.4%
Connecticut$39,480+5.6%
Arizona$38,670+3.4%
Nevada$38,610+3.3%
Minnesota$38,590+3.2%
New Jersey$38,460+2.9%
Montana$38,060+1.8%
Delaware$37,840+1.2%
Maryland$37,820+1.2%
Illinois$37,580+0.5%
Nebraska$37,030-1.0%
Florida$37,020-1.0%
Michigan$36,980-1.1%
Missouri$36,940-1.2%
Wyoming$36,830-1.5%
Virginia$36,750-1.7%
Pennsylvania$36,580-2.2%
Wisconsin$36,550-2.2%
Rhode Island$36,510-2.4%
Utah$36,490-2.4%
North Dakota$36,470-2.5%
Idaho$36,440-2.5%
Tennessee$36,420-2.6%
South Dakota$36,220-3.1%
Georgia$35,940-3.9%
South Carolina$35,740-4.4%
Iowa$35,670-4.6%
Ohio$35,540-4.9%
North Carolina$35,400-5.3%
Indiana$35,170-5.9%
Kansas$35,130-6.0%
New Mexico$35,020-6.3%
Texas$34,760-7.0%
Kentucky$34,640-7.4%
Alabama$32,180-13.9%
Oklahoma$31,720-15.2%
Arkansas$30,180-19.3%
West Virginia$29,590-20.9%
Mississippi$29,560-20.9%
Louisiana$29,050-22.3%

🏙️ Cooks, Restaurant Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$49,560+32.5%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$47,730+27.7%
Napa, CA$47,320+26.6%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$47,170+26.2%
Barnstable Town, MA$46,930+25.5%
Portland-South Portland, ME$46,560+24.5%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$46,460+24.3%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$46,450+24.2%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,440+24.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$46,030+23.1%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$45,830+22.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,720+22.3%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$45,390+21.4%
Bellingham, WA$45,370+21.3%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$45,280+21.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$45,200+20.9%
Longview-Kelso, WA$44,980+20.3%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$44,960+20.2%
Salinas, CA$44,930+20.2%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$44,680+19.5%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$44,560+19.2%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$44,550+19.1%
Bend, OR$44,540+19.1%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$44,510+19.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,460+18.9%
Yakima, WA$44,390+18.7%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$44,370+18.7%
Worcester, MA$44,250+18.3%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$44,230+18.3%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$44,230+18.3%
Vallejo, CA$44,100+17.9%
Walla Walla, WA$44,050+17.8%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$44,000+17.7%
Pittsfield, MA$43,970+17.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$43,740+17.0%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$43,400+16.1%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$43,340+15.9%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$43,220+15.6%
Kingston, NY$43,150+15.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42,920+14.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$42,450+13.5%
Urban Honolulu, HI$42,450+13.5%
Bozeman, MT$42,430+13.5%
Boulder, CO$42,220+12.9%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$42,060+12.5%
Modesto, CA$41,910+12.1%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$41,220+10.2%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$41,170+10.1%
Bangor, ME$40,760+9.0%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$40,250+7.6%
Fairbanks-College, AK$40,150+7.4%
Anchorage, AK$40,140+7.4%
Springfield, MA$39,970+6.9%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39,640+6.0%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$39,610+5.9%
Ithaca, NY$39,280+5.1%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$39,170+4.8%
Salem, OR$39,170+4.8%
Yuba City, CA$39,160+4.7%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$39,150+4.7%
Grants Pass, OR$39,110+4.6%
New Haven, CT$39,100+4.6%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$38,960+4.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,930+4.1%
Reno, NV$38,930+4.1%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$38,810+3.8%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$38,800+3.8%
Albany, OR$38,780+3.7%
Flagstaff, AZ$38,760+3.7%
Syracuse, NY$38,740+3.6%
Glens Falls, NY$38,730+3.6%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$38,570+3.2%
Merced, CA$38,480+2.9%
Madison, WI$38,440+2.8%
Carson City, NV$38,430+2.8%
Medford, OR$38,430+2.8%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$38,400+2.7%
Corvallis, OR$38,380+2.6%
Rochester, NY$38,380+2.6%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$38,370+2.6%
Ann Arbor, MI$38,290+2.4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$38,270+2.4%
Billings, MT$38,260+2.3%
Fresno, CA$38,260+2.3%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$38,200+2.2%
Redding, CA$38,200+2.2%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$38,180+2.1%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$38,170+2.1%
Rochester, MN$38,150+2.0%
Utica-Rome, NY$38,150+2.0%
Missoula, MT$38,080+1.8%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$38,060+1.8%
Helena, MT$38,030+1.7%
Colorado Springs, CO$38,000+1.6%
Chico, CA$37,980+1.6%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,970+1.6%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$37,960+1.5%
Omaha, NE-IA$37,840+1.2%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$37,800+1.1%
El Centro, CA$37,710+0.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL$37,690+0.8%
Binghamton, NY$37,530+0.4%
Tucson, AZ$37,500+0.3%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$37,460+0.2%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$37,440+0.1%
Virgin Islands$37,430+0.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$37,420+0.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$37,410+0.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$37,380-0.0%
Kansas City, MO-KS$37,370-0.1%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,360-0.1%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$37,310-0.2%
Lincoln, NE$37,290-0.3%
Traverse City, MI$37,270-0.3%
Santa Fe, NM$37,250-0.4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$37,240-0.4%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$37,230-0.4%
Boise City, ID$37,230-0.4%
Mankato, MN$37,190-0.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37,180-0.6%
Lexington Park, MD$37,170-0.6%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$37,120-0.7%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$37,100-0.8%
Visalia, CA$37,090-0.8%
Richmond, VA$37,080-0.8%
Cleveland, OH$37,060-0.9%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$37,030-1.0%
Fargo, ND-MN$37,020-1.0%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$37,010-1.0%
Battle Creek, MI$37,000-1.0%
Elmira, NY$36,970-1.1%
Charlottesville, VA$36,960-1.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$36,920-1.3%
Greeley, CO$36,900-1.3%
Vineland, NJ$36,890-1.3%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$36,830-1.5%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$36,820-1.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$36,810-1.6%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$36,800-1.6%
Jacksonville, FL$36,770-1.7%
Green Bay, WI$36,760-1.7%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$36,760-1.7%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$36,750-1.7%
Kenosha, WI$36,730-1.8%
Punta Gorda, FL$36,730-1.8%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$36,720-1.8%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,710-1.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$36,700-1.8%
Duluth, MN-WI$36,680-1.9%
Jackson, MI$36,680-1.9%
Bismarck, ND$36,610-2.1%
Great Falls, MT$36,610-2.1%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,610-2.1%
Niles, MI$36,610-2.1%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,600-2.1%
Asheville, NC$36,590-2.1%
Columbus, OH$36,590-2.1%
Springfield, IL$36,550-2.2%
Midland, MI$36,540-2.3%
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,540-2.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$36,540-2.3%
Appleton, WI$36,520-2.3%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$36,520-2.3%
Knoxville, TN$36,520-2.3%
Grand Island, NE$36,500-2.4%
Lancaster, PA$36,500-2.4%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$36,500-2.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$36,490-2.4%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$36,490-2.4%
Decatur, IL$36,440-2.5%
Ogden, UT$36,430-2.6%
Grand Junction, CO$36,420-2.6%
Ames, IA$36,410-2.6%
Lewiston, ID-WA$36,410-2.6%
Minot, ND$36,390-2.7%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$36,350-2.8%
Flint, MI$36,350-2.8%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$36,340-2.8%
York-Hanover, PA$36,310-2.9%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$36,280-3.0%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36,280-3.0%
St. Cloud, MN$36,270-3.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,270-3.0%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,260-3.0%
Lebanon, PA$36,250-3.0%
Monroe, MI$36,200-3.2%
Rockford, IL$36,200-3.2%
Wausau, WI$36,180-3.2%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$36,170-3.3%
Oklahoma City, OK$36,130-3.4%
Pittsburgh, PA$36,130-3.4%
Yuma, AZ$36,080-3.5%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$36,070-3.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$36,040-3.6%
Peoria, IL$36,040-3.6%
Akron, OH$36,030-3.6%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$36,030-3.6%
Reading, PA$36,020-3.7%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,010-3.7%
Saginaw, MI$36,000-3.7%
State College, PA$35,990-3.7%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,970-3.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$35,950-3.9%
Salisbury, MD$35,940-3.9%
Savannah, GA$35,940-3.9%
Harrisonburg, VA$35,920-3.9%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$35,920-3.9%
Pueblo, CO$35,920-3.9%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$35,920-3.9%
Iowa City, IA$35,910-4.0%
Rapid City, SD$35,910-4.0%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$35,900-4.0%
Idaho Falls, ID$35,830-4.2%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$35,810-4.2%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,800-4.3%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$35,800-4.3%
Eau Claire, WI$35,780-4.3%
Gainesville, FL$35,760-4.4%
Cedar Rapids, IA$35,720-4.5%
Fond du Lac, WI$35,720-4.5%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$35,720-4.5%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$35,700-4.5%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$35,690-4.5%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$35,680-4.6%
Midland, TX$35,670-4.6%
Morristown, TN$35,670-4.6%
Dubuque, IA$35,610-4.8%
Canton-Massillon, OH$35,600-4.8%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,600-4.8%
St. George, UT$35,590-4.8%
Dover, DE$35,570-4.9%
Kankakee, IL$35,560-4.9%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$35,560-4.9%
Toledo, OH$35,560-4.9%
Huntsville, AL$35,520-5.0%
Ocala, FL$35,500-5.1%
Spartanburg, SC$35,500-5.1%
Columbia, SC$35,490-5.1%
Jackson, TN$35,490-5.1%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$35,480-5.1%
Bay City, MI$35,420-5.3%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$35,420-5.3%
Winchester, VA-WV$35,390-5.3%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$35,380-5.4%
Sheboygan, WI$35,360-5.4%
Gettysburg, PA$35,350-5.5%
Bloomington, IL$35,310-5.6%
Gainesville, GA$35,310-5.6%
Cheyenne, WY$35,300-5.6%
Kokomo, IN$35,300-5.6%
Casper, WY$35,250-5.7%
Sandusky, OH$35,250-5.7%
Columbia, MO$35,240-5.8%
Logan, UT-ID$35,210-5.8%
Albuquerque, NM$35,190-5.9%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$35,190-5.9%
Lawrence, KS$35,140-6.0%
Springfield, MO$35,100-6.1%
Lynchburg, VA$35,080-6.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$35,050-6.3%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$35,050-6.3%
Cleveland, TN$35,030-6.3%
Twin Falls, ID$34,940-6.6%
Wilmington, NC$34,940-6.6%
Pocatello, ID$34,920-6.6%
Roanoke, VA$34,920-6.6%
Bloomington, IN$34,910-6.6%
Odessa, TX$34,900-6.7%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$34,870-6.7%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$34,870-6.7%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$34,870-6.7%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$34,860-6.8%
Clarksville, TN-KY$34,840-6.8%
Homosassa Springs, FL$34,720-7.1%
Jefferson City, MO$34,670-7.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$34,650-7.3%
Chambersburg, PA$34,620-7.4%
Johnson City, TN$34,620-7.4%
Tallahassee, FL$34,610-7.4%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$34,600-7.5%
Winston-Salem, NC$34,600-7.5%
Florence, SC$34,550-7.6%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$34,550-7.6%
Farmington, NM$34,540-7.6%
Sebring, FL$34,530-7.6%
Wichita, KS$34,510-7.7%
Fort Wayne, IN$34,490-7.8%
Springfield, OH$34,490-7.8%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$34,480-7.8%
Topeka, KS$34,450-7.9%
Birmingham, AL$34,340-8.2%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$34,330-8.2%
Evansville, IN$34,290-8.3%
Altoona, PA$34,210-8.5%
Lima, OH$34,200-8.5%
Greenville, NC$34,130-8.7%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$33,990-9.1%
Joplin, MO-KS$33,930-9.3%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$33,850-9.5%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$33,770-9.7%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$33,730-9.8%
Rome, GA$33,620-10.1%
Erie, PA$33,550-10.3%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$33,540-10.3%
Tulsa, OK$33,410-10.6%
Montgomery, AL$33,070-11.6%
Mobile, AL$33,030-11.7%
Burlington, NC$32,830-12.2%
Fayetteville, NC$32,720-12.5%
College Station-Bryan, TX$32,630-12.7%
Goldsboro, NC$32,420-13.3%
Decatur, AL$32,410-13.3%
Williamsport, PA$32,340-13.5%
Manhattan, KS$32,280-13.7%
Warner Robins, GA$32,180-13.9%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$32,150-14.0%
Sherman-Denison, TX$31,760-15.1%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$31,650-15.4%
Waco, TX$31,500-15.8%
Sumter, SC$31,370-16.1%
Mansfield, OH$31,300-16.3%
Paducah, KY-IL$31,200-16.6%
Dalton, GA$31,060-16.9%
Bowling Green, KY$31,040-17.0%
Las Cruces, NM$30,980-17.1%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$30,690-17.9%
Tuscaloosa, AL$30,690-17.9%
Corpus Christi, TX$30,670-18.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$30,590-18.2%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$30,580-18.2%
Amarillo, TX$30,560-18.3%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$30,520-18.4%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$30,520-18.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$30,510-18.4%
Columbus, GA-AL$30,470-18.5%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$30,380-18.7%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$30,350-18.8%
Tyler, TX$30,300-19.0%
Lubbock, TX$30,250-19.1%
Jonesboro, AR$30,190-19.3%
Abilene, TX$30,180-19.3%
Elizabethtown, KY$30,120-19.4%
Muncie, IN$30,050-19.6%
Johnstown, PA$30,040-19.7%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$30,030-19.7%
Owensboro, KY$30,010-19.7%
Longview, TX$29,930-20.0%
Baton Rouge, LA$29,910-20.0%
Valdosta, GA$29,880-20.1%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$29,860-20.1%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$29,850-20.2%
Terre Haute, IN$29,830-20.2%
San Angelo, TX$29,800-20.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$29,790-20.3%
Columbus, IN$29,740-20.5%
Morgantown, WV$29,740-20.5%
Dothan, AL$29,710-20.5%
Wheeling, WV-OH$29,710-20.5%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$29,700-20.6%
Victoria, TX$29,680-20.6%
Jacksonville, NC$29,580-20.9%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$29,550-21.0%
Texarkana, TX-AR$29,490-21.1%
Charleston, WV$29,450-21.2%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$29,370-21.4%
Hattiesburg, MS$29,360-21.5%
Enid, OK$29,340-21.5%
Hot Springs, AR$29,260-21.7%
Jackson, MS$29,260-21.7%
Albany, GA$29,150-22.0%
Rocky Mount, NC$29,070-22.3%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$29,050-22.3%
El Paso, TX$28,990-22.5%
Lawton, OK$28,800-23.0%
Gadsden, AL$28,790-23.0%
Beckley, WV$28,770-23.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$28,670-23.3%
Lake Charles, LA$28,550-23.6%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$28,440-23.9%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$28,380-24.1%
Laredo, TX$28,120-24.8%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$27,690-25.9%
Lafayette, LA$27,660-26.0%
Alexandria, LA$27,220-27.2%
Hammond, LA$27,130-27.4%
Monroe, LA$27,090-27.5%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$25,500-31.8%
Puerto Rico$24,650-34.1%
Arecibo, PR$23,970-35.9%
Guayama, PR$23,380-37.5%
Ponce, PR$23,350-37.6%
Aguadilla, PR$23,130-38.1%
Mayaguez, PR$23,090-38.2%
Guam$22,950-38.6%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.