The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short order 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 | $22,110 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $28,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $31,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $31,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,110.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $24,860 | 4.14% | 6.80% |
| 2016 | $23,830 | 3.11% | - |
| 2015 | $23,090 | 4.03% | - |
| 2014 | $22,160 | -0.45% | - |
| 2013 | $22,260 | -4.09% | - |
| 2012 | $23,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,860 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 38.8 percent (38.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 18.4 percent (18.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.