The annual salary statistics of restaurant cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of restaurant cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $26,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,850 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $40,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $54,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for restaurant cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,510.
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 | $33,070 | 4.84% | 17.05% |
| 2016 | $31,470 | 7.85% | - |
| 2015 | $29,000 | 5.31% | - |
| 2014 | $27,460 | 1.13% | - |
| 2013 | $27,150 | -1.03% | - |
| 2012 | $27,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,070 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for restaurant cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of restaurant cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 25.7 percent (25.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 30.2 percent (30.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.