The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of short order cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $31,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,220 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $44,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,220. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,660.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $34,220 | 10.23% | 30.51% |
| 2021 | $30,720 | 2.21% | - |
| 2020 | $30,040 | 6.36% | - |
| 2019 | $28,130 | 9.95% | - |
| 2018 | $25,330 | 1.38% | - |
| 2017 | $24,980 | 4.80% | - |
| 2016 | $23,780 | 1.98% | - |
| 2015 | $23,310 | -2.02% | - |
| 2012 | $23,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,220 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 15.7 percent (15.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 40.7 percent (40.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.