The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short order cooks in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach 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 | $21,320 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order cooks in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $36,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,320.
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 | $30,000 | 28.43% | 35.90% |
| 2021 | $21,470 | -32.23% | - |
| 2020 | $28,390 | 3.84% | - |
| 2019 | $27,300 | 3.77% | - |
| 2018 | $26,270 | 6.93% | - |
| 2017 | $24,450 | 15.87% | - |
| 2016 | $20,570 | 8.75% | - |
| 2015 | $18,770 | -3.20% | - |
| 2014 | $19,370 | 1.55% | - |
| 2013 | $19,070 | -0.84% | - |
| 2012 | $19,230 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,000 in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach is 10.3 percent (10.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Naples-Marco Island and 39.3 percent (39.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area.