The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of fast food cooks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $34,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,750 | 4.42% | 49.56% |
| 2021 | $36,080 | 18.74% | - |
| 2020 | $29,320 | 9.00% | - |
| 2019 | $26,680 | 6.07% | - |
| 2018 | $25,060 | 5.47% | - |
| 2017 | $23,690 | 3.12% | - |
| 2016 | $22,950 | 4.92% | - |
| 2015 | $21,820 | 5.13% | - |
| 2014 | $20,700 | 5.46% | - |
| 2013 | $19,570 | 2.71% | - |
| 2012 | $19,040 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $37,750, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for fast food cooks in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $37,440). In comparison, the median annual salary of fast food cooks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is .8 percent (.8%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.