Occupational employment / Cooks, short order

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Cooks, short order" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4,530 $10.65 $22,150
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 6,630 $11.40 $23,700
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4,290 $11.16 $23,220
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,250 $10.66 $22,170
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 4,080 $10.66 $22,170
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 3,960 $10.28 $21,390
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,630 $8.58 $17,840
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 3,510 $11.84 $24,620
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,310 $9.56 $19,890
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 3,290 $10.30 $21,420
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,910 $10.97 $22,810
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,850 $11.77 $24,480
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2,700 $13.11 $27,280
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 2,670 $11.31 $23,530
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 2,310 $9.80 $20,390
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,090 $9.98 $20,750
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,980 $9.93 $20,660
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,850 $10.56 $21,970
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,850 $10.06 $20,920
Pittsburgh, PA 1,850 $9.35 $19,440
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,800 $12.33 $25,650
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,760 $7.79 $16,200
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,730 $12.02 $25,000
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,620 $10.92 $22,700
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,600 $11.15 $23,190
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,590 $10.56 $21,970
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,590 $10.00 $20,810
Lancaster, PA 1,510 $9.41 $19,580
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,490 $9.92 $20,640
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,440 $10.37 $21,570
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,430 $11.29 $23,490
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,420 $9.86 $20,510
Tucson, AZ 1,310 $9.12 $18,960
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,310 $9.64 $20,060
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,160 $11.80 $24,530
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,070 $9.49 $19,750
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,040 $10.64 $22,140
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,030 $9.02 $18,760
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,030 $10.18 $21,180
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,020 $9.62 $20,000
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,000 $9.02 $18,750
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 990 $10.60 $22,040
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 970 $9.70 $20,170
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 950 $9.14 $19,010
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 900 $9.35 $19,450
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 900 $11.89 $24,720
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 870 $10.28 $21,390
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 860 $10.14 $21,080
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 850 $9.01 $18,740
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 810 $11.64 $24,210
Honolulu, HI 800 $11.44 $23,780
Rochester, NY 800 $9.62 $20,000
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 780 $9.55 $19,860
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 780 $10.33 $21,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 770 $11.58 $24,080
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 740 $9.16 $19,050
Columbus, OH 740 $9.42 $19,580
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 730 $9.82 $20,430
Baton Rouge, LA 720 $7.26 $15,110
Dayton, OH 710 $9.82 $20,420
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 700 $10.80 $22,450
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 700 $9.68 $20,130
Madison, WI 700 $9.39 $19,530
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 690 $9.81 $20,400
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 690 $10.82 $22,490
Columbia, SC 670 $7.78 $16,190
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 670 $9.65 $20,060
Wilmington, NC 650 $8.11 $16,870
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 650 $9.10 $18,930
Toledo, OH 650 $8.90 $18,510
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 650 $10.51 $21,860
Akron, OH 630 $10.03 $20,850
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 630 $9.11 $18,960
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 620 $10.40 $21,640
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 610 $11.52 $23,960
Greensboro-High Point, NC 600 $9.13 $18,990
Raleigh-Cary, NC 600 $8.69 $18,080
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 590 $10.01 $20,830
Durham, NC 580 $8.89 $18,500
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 570 $12.47 $25,940
Richmond, VA 570 $9.25 $19,230
New Haven, CT 540 $12.20 $25,370
Oklahoma City, OK 540 $8.40 $17,460
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 520 $10.50 $21,840
Albuquerque, NM 520 $10.02 $20,840
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 520 $8.63 $17,950
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 510 $8.18 $17,020
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 480 $8.76 $18,230
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 470 $10.75 $22,370
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 450 $7.06 $14,680
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 450 $11.62 $24,170
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 450 $11.10 $23,090
Reading, PA 450 $10.02 $20,840
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 440 $9.58 $19,920
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 440 $10.54 $21,920
San Antonio, TX 440 $9.89 $20,560
Winston-Salem, NC 420 $8.78 $18,260
Springfield, MA-CT 420 $10.37 $21,560
Athens-Clarke County, GA 420 $9.25 $19,240
Ann Arbor, MI 410 $10.21 $21,240
Tulsa, OK 410 $8.21 $17,070
Anchorage, AK 410 $11.27 $23,440
Austin-Round Rock, TX 410 $9.52 $19,810
Spartanburg, SC 410 $8.12 $16,890
Wichita, KS 400 $8.47 $17,620
Flint, MI 400 $10.59 $22,030
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 400 $9.90 $20,590
Jackson, MS 390 $7.17 $14,910
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 380 $8.82 $18,350
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 370 $7.54 $15,690
Duluth, MN-WI 370 $8.65 $17,990
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 360 $8.10 $16,850
Reno-Sparks, NV 360 $10.74 $22,340
Green Bay, WI 350 $9.48 $19,720
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 350 $10.38 $21,580
Greenville, SC 350 $8.63 $17,940
Knoxville, TN 350 $8.68 $18,060
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 350 $10.28 $21,390
Bakersfield, CA 340 $10.47 $21,790
Lincoln, NE 330 $8.94 $18,600
Jacksonville, FL 330 $9.07 $18,870
Fresno, CA 320 $10.68 $22,220
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 310 $9.35 $19,440
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 300 $9.12 $18,960
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 300 $11.09 $23,070
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 300 $10.14 $21,100
Erie, PA 290 $10.10 $21,010
Chattanooga, TN-GA 290 $8.43 $17,540
Tallahassee, FL 290 $8.40 $17,470
State College, PA 280 $9.30 $19,340
Colorado Springs, CO 280 $10.17 $21,160
Eugene-Springfield, OR 280 $9.60 $19,970
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 270 $10.80 $22,470
Terre Haute, IN 270 $7.75 $16,130
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 270 $11.49 $23,890
La Crosse, WI-MN 270 $10.66 $22,180
Flagstaff, AZ 260 $9.25 $19,250
Lafayette, LA 260 $9.30 $19,330
Fort Wayne, IN 260 $8.63 $17,950
Syracuse, NY 250 $11.02 $22,910
Sioux Falls, SD 250 $9.46 $19,680
Ocean City, NJ 240 $11.98 $24,930
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 240 $10.47 $21,770
Fargo, ND-MN 240 $9.64 $20,050
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 240 $8.02 $16,680
Huntsville, AL 240 $8.37 $17,400
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 240 $9.59 $19,940
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 240 $8.78 $18,260
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 230 $11.39 $23,700
Roanoke, VA 230 $9.08 $18,890
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 230 $11.17 $23,230
Mobile, AL 230 $7.72 $16,050
Columbia, MO 230 $8.07 $16,780
Topeka, KS 220 $8.36 $17,400
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 220 $7.04 $14,640
Canton-Massillon, OH 220 $9.33 $19,410
Savannah, GA 220 Not available Not available
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 210 $8.46 $17,590
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 210 $8.96 $18,630
York-Hanover, PA 210 $10.49 $21,810
Springfield, MO 210 $8.39 $17,440
Atlantic City, NJ 200 $10.56 $21,970
Columbus, GA-AL 190 $7.60 $15,820
St. Cloud, MN 190 $10.06 $20,930
Johnstown, PA 190 $8.26 $17,180
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 190 $9.43 $19,610
Prescott, AZ 190 $9.13 $18,980
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 180 $9.48 $19,710
Fayetteville, NC 180 $8.39 $17,440
Boulder, CO 180 $10.11 $21,030
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 180 $10.21 $21,230
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 180 $8.48 $17,630
Peoria, IL 180 $9.29 $19,330
Clarksville, TN-KY 170 $7.41 $15,420
Rapid City, SD 170 $8.68 $18,060
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 170 $6.98 $14,530
Eau Claire, WI 170 $9.58 $19,930
Valdosta, GA 160 $7.94 $16,510
Spokane, WA 160 $10.71 $22,280
Jacksonville, NC 160 $8.51 $17,700
Salinas, CA 160 $11.23 $23,350
Asheville, NC 160 $13.93 $28,980
Lawrence, KS 160 $8.41 $17,500
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 150 $11.81 $24,560
Appleton, WI 150 $9.36 $19,470
Corpus Christi, TX 140 $7.41 $15,420
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 140 $11.57 $24,060
Evansville, IN-KY 140 $8.79 $18,280
Bay City, MI 130 $9.38 $19,520
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 130 $9.39 $19,530
Anderson, IN 130 $8.37 $17,400
Jefferson City, MO 130 $8.22 $17,090
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 130 $10.48 $21,800
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 130 $8.93 $18,580
Rochester, MN 130 $10.33 $21,480
Wheeling, WV-OH 120 $9.60 $19,970
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 120 $10.39 $21,600
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 120 $11.90 $24,750
Altoona, PA 120 $9.30 $19,330
Lafayette, IN 120 $8.84 $18,380
Anniston-Oxford, AL 120 $7.80 $16,220
Chico, CA 120 $10.16 $21,130
Olympia, WA 110 $10.44 $21,710
Charlottesville, VA 110 $11.64 $24,220
Lubbock, TX 110 $8.81 $18,330
Visalia-Porterville, CA 110 $9.45 $19,650
Santa Fe, NM 110 $10.62 $22,090
Jonesboro, AR 110 $9.20 $19,140
Muncie, IN 110 $8.21 $17,070
Grand Forks, ND-MN 100 $9.07 $18,860
El Paso, TX 100 $8.56 $17,810
Portsmouth, NH-ME 100 $8.90 $18,520
Lebanon, PA 100 $11.12 $23,120
Decatur, AL 100 $8.88 $18,460
Williamsport, PA 100 $8.87 $18,440
Cumberland, MD-WV 90 $9.06 $18,850
Tyler, TX 90 $9.47 $19,690
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 90 $10.88 $22,620
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 90 $8.15 $16,960
Danbury, CT 90 $12.31 $25,600
Champaign-Urbana, IL 90 $8.61 $17,910
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 90 $11.64 $24,200
Lexington-Fayette, KY 80 $9.03 $18,790
Waterbury, CT 80 $9.49 $19,740
Bangor, ME 80 $8.43 $17,540
Janesville, WI 80 $10.07 $20,950
Coeur d'Alene, ID 80 $9.24 $19,230
Dubuque, IA 80 $8.52 $17,720
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 80 $10.94 $22,750
Yakima, WA 80 $10.33 $21,480
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 80 $11.58 $24,090
Medford, OR 80 $9.75 $20,290
Charleston, WV 70 $9.07 $18,860
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 70 $11.63 $24,190
Monroe, MI 70 $9.61 $19,980
Bismarck, ND 60 $8.87 $18,450
Winchester, VA-WV 60 $8.63 $17,950
Las Cruces, NM 60 $9.22 $19,170
Laredo, TX 60 $7.88 $16,390
Dalton, GA 60 $8.58 $17,840
Ocala, FL 60 $8.63 $17,940
Kokomo, IN 60 $9.51 $19,770
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 50 $8.96 $18,630
Bowling Green, KY 50 $8.78 $18,260
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 50 $8.44 $17,560
Battle Creek, MI 50 $9.48 $19,710
Binghamton, NY 50 $9.53 $19,820
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 50 $11.76 $24,450
St. George, UT 50 $8.85 $18,410
Harrisonburg, VA 50 $9.40 $19,560
Greeley, CO 40 $9.60 $19,970
College Station-Bryan, TX 40 $7.44 $15,480
Springfield, OH 40 $9.81 $20,400
Bellingham, WA 40 $11.29 $23,480
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 40 $11.54 $23,990
Pueblo, CO 40 $7.74 $16,100
Columbus, IN 40 $8.66 $18,020
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 40 $7.83 $16,290
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 40 $8.39 $17,440
Gainesville, FL 40 $9.38 $19,510
Redding, CA 40 $9.59 $19,960
Ithaca, NY 30 $9.22 $19,170
Hot Springs, AR 30 $9.22 $19,180
Morgantown, WV 30 $7.62 $15,860
Carson City, NV 30 $9.92 $20,640
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Not available $7.67 $15,960
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $9.51 $19,780
Florence, SC Not available $7.97 $16,580
Jackson, MI Not available $9.52 $19,790
Lansing-East Lansing, MI Not available $8.68 $18,050
Modesto, CA Not available $10.07 $20,950
Merced, CA Not available $10.92 $22,720
Johnson City, TN Not available $7.39 $15,370
Salem, OR Not available $10.21 $21,240
Madera, CA Not available $10.52 $21,870
Worcester, MA-CT Not available $11.55 $24,020
Amarillo, TX Not available $8.59 $17,880
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Not available $9.57 $19,900
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Not available $8.76 $18,210
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Not available $6.85 $14,260
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Not available $9.16 $19,060
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Not available $8.48 $17,640
Longview, TX Not available $7.64 $15,900
Fort Smith, AR-OK Not available $8.06 $16,770
San Angelo, TX Not available $7.81 $16,250
Framingham, MA NECTA Division Not available $11.86 $24,680
Montgomery, AL Not available $9.62 $20,000
Dothan, AL Not available $8.05 $16,740
Victoria, TX Not available $8.43 $17,540
Waco, TX Not available $8.79 $18,290
Wichita Falls, TX Not available $6.86 $14,260
Salt Lake City, UT Not available $8.46 $17,600
Lawton, OK Not available $7.16 $14,890
Auburn-Opelika, AL Not available $8.51 $17,700
Lynchburg, VA Not available $8.33 $17,330
Barnstable Town, MA Not available $12.13 $25,230
Joplin, MO Not available $8.21 $17,070
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA Not available $9.88 $20,550
Monroe, LA Not available $7.21 $14,990
Goldsboro, NC Not available $6.89 $14,340
Lake Charles, LA Not available $8.05 $16,750
Greenville, NC Not available $8.19 $17,030
Rocky Mount, NC Not available $8.10 $16,850
Bloomington, IN Not available $8.67 $18,040
Rockford, IL Not available $9.68 $20,130
Kankakee-Bradley, IL Not available $8.52 $17,720
Manchester, NH Not available $8.59 $17,860
Pocatello, ID Not available $9.43 $19,620
Lewiston, ID-WA Not available $8.05 $16,740
Boise City-Nampa, ID Not available $10.19 $21,190
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Not available $8.64 $17,970
Hattiesburg, MS Not available $7.71 $16,040
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Not available $9.77 $20,330
Pascagoula, MS Not available $7.04 $14,650
Iowa City, IA Not available $9.91 $20,610
Cedar Rapids, IA Not available $8.04 $16,730
Missoula, MT Not available $8.44 $17,570
Brunswick, GA Not available $9.55 $19,870
Glens Falls, NY Not available $11.25 $23,390
Dover, DE Not available $9.02 $18,750
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Not available $7.40 $15,400
Utica-Rome, NY Not available $9.78 $20,350
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Not available $8.82 $18,340
Mansfield, OH Not available $8.59 $17,870
Sandusky, OH Not available $9.76 $20,290
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $8.69 $18,080
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL Not available $8.99 $18,710
Lakeland, FL Not available $8.06 $16,770
Bend, OR Not available $10.56 $21,960
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Not available $9.49 $19,740
Fond du Lac, WI Not available $8.49 $17,660
Grand Junction, CO Not available $11.57 $24,070
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Not available $9.74 $20,270
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Not available $10.16 $21,140
Racine, WI Not available $12.29 $25,550
Sheboygan, WI Not available $8.43 $17,540
Wausau, WI Not available $10.26 $21,350
Stockton, CA Not available $10.28 $21,380
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Not available $13.15 $27,350
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Not available $8.75 $18,200
Holland-Grand Haven, MI Not available $10.25 $21,320
Anderson, SC Not available $7.30 $15,190
Salisbury, MD Not available $7.48 $15,570
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