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Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
$35,680median, a year
$34,640mean (average), a year
500people employed in this job here
$28,120
median $35,680
$42,930
US median $37,450
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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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 more common here than nationally: 5.9 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 2.1).
Where this job pays most
Median a year 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 $27,120
- AK, Alaska, median $48,580
- AZ, Arizona, median $39,660
- AR, Arkansas, median $30,240
- CA, California, median $46,390
- CO, Colorado, median $42,500
- CT, Connecticut, median $46,120
- DE, Delaware, median $44,080
- DC, District of Columbia, median $45,450
- FL, Florida, median $36,250
- GA, Georgia, median $35,090
- HI, Hawaii, median $47,770
- ID, Idaho, median $35,600
- IL, Illinois, median $37,440
- IN, Indiana, median $35,980
- IA, Iowa, median $35,810
- KS, Kansas, median $31,950
- KY, Kentucky, median $31,550
- LA, Louisiana, median $25,490
- ME, Maine, median $43,490
- MD, Maryland, median $41,380
- MA, Massachusetts, median $47,790
- MI, Michigan, median $36,870
- MN, Minnesota, median $43,460
- MS, Mississippi, median $27,390
- MO, Missouri, median $34,900
- MT, Montana, median $37,150
- NE, Nebraska, median $36,390
- NV, Nevada, median $39,430
- NH, New Hampshire, median $45,370
- NJ, New Jersey, median $44,520
- NM, New Mexico, median $36,470
- NY, New York, median $45,880
- NC, North Carolina, median $36,140
- ND, North Dakota, median $39,490
- OH, Ohio, median $36,720
- OK, Oklahoma, median $29,270
- OR, Oregon, median $44,520
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $36,540
- RI, Rhode Island, median $46,570
- SC, South Carolina, median $34,960
- SD, South Dakota, median $36,730
- TN, Tennessee, median $35,570
- TX, Texas, median $35,360
- UT, Utah, median $38,200
- VT, Vermont, median $46,370
- VA, Virginia, median $37,890
- WA, Washington, median $49,670
- WV, West Virginia, median $29,740
- WI, Wisconsin, median $38,650
- WY, Wyoming, median $36,940
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $26,260
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