Cooks, All Other Career, Salary and Skills
Cooks, All Other have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $37,690 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 19,350. Wage data is published for 88 locations.
Occupation description
All cooks not listed separately.
O*NET code
35-2019.00
Job zone
Not recorded
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Not recorded
National salary and employment
Median annual
$37,690
Hourly median
$18.12
Employment
19,350
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$27,040
10th
$32,150
25th
$37,690
Median
$43,680
75th
$51,140
90th
Cooks, All Other salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Cooks, All Other Salary in TXMedian $32,150 · Employment 4,650
- Cooks, All Other Salary in CAMedian $42,860 · Employment 3,990
- Cooks, All Other Salary in TNMedian $36,440 · Employment 2,060
- Cooks, All Other Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $35,500 · Employment 1,810
- Cooks, All Other Salary in San Francisco, CAMedian $42,860 · Employment 1,120
- Cooks, All Other Salary in NYMedian $43,000 · Employment 1,090
- Cooks, All Other Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $38,850 · Employment 1,040
- Cooks, All Other Salary in Houston, TXMedian $27,900 · Employment 860
- Cooks, All Other Salary in New York, NYMedian $42,630 · Employment 830
- Cooks, All Other Salary in FLMedian $39,520 · Employment 710
- Cooks, All Other Salary in Nashville, TNMedian $33,220 · Employment 700
- Cooks, All Other Salary in PAMedian $36,220 · Employment 660
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.