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Cooks, All Other in Montana
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The spread
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: 0.4 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 3.18).
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, not published
- AK, Alaska, not published
- AZ, Arizona, median $20.07
- AR, Arkansas, median $14.80
- CA, California, median $20.61
- CO, Colorado, median $20.91
- CT, Connecticut, median $17.88
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, not published
- FL, Florida, median $19.00
- GA, Georgia, median $20.65
- HI, Hawaii, median $19.17
- ID, Idaho, not published
- IL, Illinois, median $17.28
- IN, Indiana, median $21.30
- IA, Iowa, median $12.53
- KS, Kansas, not published
- KY, Kentucky, not published
- LA, Louisiana, median $13.91
- ME, Maine, not published
- MD, Maryland, median $15.46
- MA, Massachusetts, median $33.45
- MI, Michigan, median $17.84
- MN, Minnesota, median $17.72
- MS, Mississippi, median $16.06
- MO, Missouri, median $21.15
- MT, Montana, median $20.50
- NE, Nebraska, not published
- NV, Nevada, median $24.63
- NH, New Hampshire, not published
- NJ, New Jersey, median $22.15
- NM, New Mexico, not published
- NY, New York, median $20.67
- NC, North Carolina, median $14.96
- ND, North Dakota, median $21.25
- OH, Ohio, median $17.00
- OK, Oklahoma, not published
- OR, Oregon, median $20.20
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $17.41
- RI, Rhode Island, not published
- SC, South Carolina, not published
- SD, South Dakota, not published
- TN, Tennessee, median $17.52
- TX, Texas, median $15.46
- UT, Utah, not published
- VT, Vermont, median $19.83
- VA, Virginia, median $17.22
- WA, Washington, median $25.25
- WV, West Virginia, not published
- WI, Wisconsin, median $16.23
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, not published
Top metro and nonmetro areas
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