The annual salary statistics of restaurant cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of restaurant cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $21,670 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,670 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,170 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $31,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $37,120 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for restaurant cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,670.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of restaurant cooks from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $27,170 | 5.59% | 19.03% |
| 2016 | $25,650 | 6.90% | - |
| 2015 | $23,880 | 4.44% | - |
| 2014 | $22,820 | 2.94% | - |
| 2013 | $22,150 | 0.68% | - |
| 2012 | $22,000 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $27,170 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for restaurant cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of restaurant cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 39.0 percent (39.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 15.1 percent (15.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.