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Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria in United States
$18.01median, an hour
$18.66mean (average), an hour
441,050people employed in this job here
$13.69
median $18.01
$23.88
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $13.04
- AK, Alaska, median $23.36
- AZ, Arizona, median $19.07
- AR, Arkansas, median $14.54
- CA, California, median $22.31
- CO, Colorado, median $20.43
- CT, Connecticut, median $22.17
- DE, Delaware, median $21.19
- DC, District of Columbia, median $21.85
- FL, Florida, median $17.43
- GA, Georgia, median $16.87
- HI, Hawaii, median $22.97
- ID, Idaho, median $17.11
- IL, Illinois, median $18.00
- IN, Indiana, median $17.30
- IA, Iowa, median $17.22
- KS, Kansas, median $15.36
- KY, Kentucky, median $15.17
- LA, Louisiana, median $12.26
- ME, Maine, median $20.91
- MD, Maryland, median $19.89
- MA, Massachusetts, median $22.98
- MI, Michigan, median $17.72
- MN, Minnesota, median $20.90
- MS, Mississippi, median $13.17
- MO, Missouri, median $16.78
- MT, Montana, median $17.86
- NE, Nebraska, median $17.50
- NV, Nevada, median $18.96
- NH, New Hampshire, median $21.81
- NJ, New Jersey, median $21.40
- NM, New Mexico, median $17.54
- NY, New York, median $22.06
- NC, North Carolina, median $17.38
- ND, North Dakota, median $18.99
- OH, Ohio, median $17.65
- OK, Oklahoma, median $14.07
- OR, Oregon, median $21.40
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $17.57
- RI, Rhode Island, median $22.39
- SC, South Carolina, median $16.81
- SD, South Dakota, median $17.66
- TN, Tennessee, median $17.10
- TX, Texas, median $17.00
- UT, Utah, median $18.36
- VT, Vermont, median $22.29
- VA, Virginia, median $18.22
- WA, Washington, median $23.88
- WV, West Virginia, median $14.30
- WI, Wisconsin, median $18.58
- WY, Wyoming, median $17.76
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $12.62
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