The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fast food cooks in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina 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 | $22,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $32,570 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $32,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,400.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $28,000 | 5.50% | 31.82% |
| 2018 | $26,460 | 13.27% | - |
| 2017 | $22,950 | 16.82% | - |
| 2016 | $19,090 | 1.41% | - |
| 2015 | $18,820 | -1.43% | - |
| 2012 | $19,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,000 in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of Hawaii. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina is 23.4 percent (23.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area and 27.4 percent (27.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Honolulu.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area | |
| Urban Honolulu | |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina | |
| Honolulu |