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Occupation / job

Cooks, Restaurant

$37,390

Median annual pay. Half earn less than this.

$17.97

Hourly at a standard 2,080-hour year. We do not yet have unpaid-time or cost data for this, so this is not an adjusted figure.

$34,010–44,620

The middle half. A quarter earn below this range.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, 2025 · view

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