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Cooks, Short Order: Pay by State

Nationally, 138,650 people work as cooks, short order, earning a median of $35,880 a year ($17/hour) — with most between $23,440 and $46,460.

StateWorkersMedian payPer hour
Arizona1,880$46,630$22
Rhode Island$46,250$22
Massachusetts4,760$44,290$21
Hawaii460$43,110$21
California30,740$42,930$21
Washington1,700$42,760$21
Colorado1,900$42,450$20
Connecticut$42,450$20
District of Columbia1,910$42,450$20
New Jersey850$40,720$20
Idaho120$40,090$19
Vermont670$38,830$19
Oregon1,780$38,550$19
Delaware$38,500$19
Missouri$38,490$19
Utah320$38,010$18
Alaska330$37,780$18
Nevada790$37,780$18
Illinois2,630$37,440$18
New Mexico750$37,150$18
Maryland3,250$36,800$18
New York18,300$35,550$17
Maine1,120$35,360$17
Oklahoma760$35,130$17
Michigan2,560$34,510$17
Florida5,050$34,240$16
Iowa1,160$34,090$16
Montana$33,240$16
South Dakota2,000$32,380$16
New Hampshire2,320$32,330$16
Minnesota870$32,150$15
Kentucky650$31,840$15
North Carolina3,170$31,290$15
Virginia3,350$31,200$15
Nebraska1,810$30,530$15
Arkansas160$30,510$15
Tennessee2,510$30,210$15
South Carolina900$29,640$14
Ohio6,000$29,290$14
Mississippi1,890$28,180$14
Wisconsin2,270$28,130$14
West Virginia620$27,440$13
Kansas640$27,400$13
Georgia3,870$26,870$13
Louisiana1,990$26,260$13
Texas7,540$25,320$12
Alabama$22,330$11
Indiana2,940$21,940$11
Pennsylvania3,510$19,910$10

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, most recent annual estimate. States are ordered by median pay. Cost of living differs between states — a higher number is not automatically a better deal. Some states are omitted where the estimate is suppressed. Labour-market data, not job listings.

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