Cooks, All Other — Salary
National wage record
Median annual
$37,690
10th percentile
$27,040
90th percentile
$51,140
Employment
19,350
- TXMedian $32,150 · Employment 4,650
- CAMedian $42,860 · Employment 3,990
- TNMedian $36,440 · Employment 2,060
- Dallas, TXMedian $35,500 · Employment 1,810
- San Francisco, CAMedian $42,860 · Employment 1,120
- NYMedian $43,000 · Employment 1,090
- Los Angeles, CAMedian $38,850 · Employment 1,040
- Houston, TXMedian $27,900 · Employment 860
- New York, NYMedian $42,630 · Employment 830
- FLMedian $39,520 · Employment 710
- Nashville, TNMedian $33,220 · Employment 700
- PAMedian $36,220 · Employment 660
- MDMedian $32,150 · Employment 610
- AZMedian $41,740 · Employment 550
- VAMedian $35,810 · Employment 480
- ORMedian $42,020 · Employment 450
- LAMedian $28,930 · Employment 430
- Austin, TXMedian $35,070 · Employment 420
- Phoenix, AZMedian $46,960 · Employment 400
- Washington, DCMedian $31,880 · Employment 380
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.