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Cooks, Restaurant in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
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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.
This job is less common here than nationally: 7.5 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.82).
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 $15.47
- AK, Alaska, median $19.30
- AZ, Arizona, median $18.59
- AR, Arkansas, median $14.51
- CA, California, median $21.58
- CO, Colorado, median $20.00
- CT, Connecticut, median $18.98
- DE, Delaware, median $18.19
- DC, District of Columbia, median $22.18
- FL, Florida, median $17.80
- GA, Georgia, median $17.28
- HI, Hawaii, median $21.84
- ID, Idaho, median $17.52
- IL, Illinois, median $18.07
- IN, Indiana, median $16.91
- IA, Iowa, median $17.15
- KS, Kansas, median $16.89
- KY, Kentucky, median $16.65
- LA, Louisiana, median $13.97
- ME, Maine, median $21.78
- MD, Maryland, median $18.19
- MA, Massachusetts, median $21.92
- MI, Michigan, median $17.78
- MN, Minnesota, median $18.55
- MS, Mississippi, median $14.21
- MO, Missouri, median $17.76
- MT, Montana, median $18.30
- NE, Nebraska, median $17.81
- NV, Nevada, median $18.56
- NH, New Hampshire, median $19.33
- NJ, New Jersey, median $18.49
- NM, New Mexico, median $16.84
- NY, New York, median $21.00
- NC, North Carolina, median $17.02
- ND, North Dakota, median $17.53
- OH, Ohio, median $17.09
- OK, Oklahoma, median $15.25
- OR, Oregon, median $20.72
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $17.59
- RI, Rhode Island, median $17.55
- SC, South Carolina, median $17.18
- SD, South Dakota, median $17.42
- TN, Tennessee, median $17.51
- TX, Texas, median $16.71
- UT, Utah, median $17.55
- VT, Vermont, median $21.82
- VA, Virginia, median $17.67
- WA, Washington, median $22.50
- WV, West Virginia, median $14.23
- WI, Wisconsin, median $17.57
- WY, Wyoming, median $17.71
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $11.85
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