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Cooks, Short Order in Wisconsin
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
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: 0.8 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.86).
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 $22,330
- AK, Alaska, median $37,780
- AZ, Arizona, median $46,630
- AR, Arkansas, median $30,510
- CA, California, median $42,930
- CO, Colorado, median $42,450
- CT, Connecticut, median $42,450
- DE, Delaware, median $38,500
- DC, District of Columbia, median $42,450
- FL, Florida, median $34,240
- GA, Georgia, median $26,870
- HI, Hawaii, median $43,110
- ID, Idaho, median $40,090
- IL, Illinois, median $37,440
- IN, Indiana, median $21,940
- IA, Iowa, median $34,090
- KS, Kansas, median $27,400
- KY, Kentucky, median $31,840
- LA, Louisiana, median $26,260
- ME, Maine, median $35,360
- MD, Maryland, median $36,800
- MA, Massachusetts, median $44,290
- MI, Michigan, median $34,510
- MN, Minnesota, median $32,150
- MS, Mississippi, median $28,180
- MO, Missouri, median $38,490
- MT, Montana, median $33,240
- NE, Nebraska, median $30,530
- NV, Nevada, median $37,780
- NH, New Hampshire, median $32,330
- NJ, New Jersey, median $40,720
- NM, New Mexico, median $37,150
- NY, New York, median $35,550
- NC, North Carolina, median $31,290
- ND, North Dakota, not published
- OH, Ohio, median $29,290
- OK, Oklahoma, median $35,130
- OR, Oregon, median $38,550
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $19,910
- RI, Rhode Island, median $46,250
- SC, South Carolina, median $29,640
- SD, South Dakota, median $32,380
- TN, Tennessee, median $30,210
- TX, Texas, median $25,320
- UT, Utah, median $38,010
- VT, Vermont, median $38,830
- VA, Virginia, median $31,200
- WA, Washington, median $42,760
- WV, West Virginia, median $27,440
- WI, Wisconsin, median $28,130
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $22,500
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Across Wisconsin
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