The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of short order 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 | $37,760 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,810 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $46,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,760.
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 | $39,870 | 5.54% | 43.24% |
| 2021 | $37,660 | 8.95% | - |
| 2020 | $34,290 | -1.08% | - |
| 2019 | $34,660 | 9.78% | - |
| 2018 | $31,270 | 9.72% | - |
| 2017 | $28,230 | 9.53% | - |
| 2016 | $25,540 | 6.19% | - |
| 2015 | $23,960 | 11.89% | - |
| 2014 | $21,110 | -2.08% | - |
| 2013 | $21,550 | -5.01% | - |
| 2012 | $22,630 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $39,870, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for short order cooks in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $40,600). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of short order cooks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 1.8 percent (1.8%) lower.