Hourly wages of US restaurants cooks 2021

Cooks in restaurants in the United States had a median hourly wage of 14.43 U.S. dollars as of May 2021. Comparatively, ten percent of restaurant cooks earned less than 10.84 U.S. dollars per hour.

Hourly wage estimates of cooks in restaurants in the U.S. as of May 2021, by percentile distribution (in U.S. dollars)

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

as of May 2021

Supplementary notes

A percentile wage shows the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate - 50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
Cooks in restaurants prepare, season, and cook soups, vegetables, desserts, or other foodstuff in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.
The data used is based on the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey which measures occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by industry. Employees are all part-time and full-time workers who are paid a wage or salary.

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