Highest-paying Cities for Fast Food Cooks

The top 100 highest paying cities for fast food cooks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of fast food cooks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $37,750, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for fast food cooks. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $37,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of fast food cooks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Fast Food Cooks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$37,750	$34,900	5,310
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$37,640	$32,220	3,680
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,440	$33,390	12,230
4	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$36,550	$30,870	150
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,370	$32,760	3,940
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$36,340	$27,090	710
7	Napa, California	$35,610	$33,860	410
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,330	$33,480	1,180
9	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$35,310	$31,010	140
10	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$35,230	$26,820	810
11	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$34,910	$32,730	1,500
12	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$34,740	$31,040	14,320
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,400	$30,970	54,580
14	Salinas, California	$34,360	$31,380	1,320
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$34,310	$31,530	840
16	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$34,300	$30,790	330
17	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$34,150	$31,060	180
18	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$34,120	$31,290	9,140
19	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$34,090	$27,370	920
20	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,000	$23,220	130
21	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$33,950	$30,740	280
22	Walla Walla, Washington	$33,850	$30,140	130
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$33,770	$28,000	3,710
24	Yakima, Washington	$33,730	$30,140	440
25	Olympia, Washington	$33,700	$30,710	280
26	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$33,610	$29,810	140
27	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$33,470	$30,810	220
28	Spokane, Washington	$33,410	$30,500	710
29	Yuba City, California	$33,380	$30,370	570
30	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$33,380	$30,530	1,000
31	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,370	$30,960	720
32	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$33,360	$30,760	610
33	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$33,350	$30,600	3,520
34	Modesto, California	$33,290	$30,430	2,220
35	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$33,270	$31,200	180
36	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$33,230	$29,520	1,850
37	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,160	$30,800	780
38	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,080	$30,800	540
39	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$32,690	$27,040	820
40	Longview, Washington	$32,690	$30,330	120
41	Bellingham, Washington	$32,630	$30,140	180
42	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$32,400	$27,700	190
43	Flagstaff, Arizona	$32,380	$29,120	460
44	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$32,370	$30,660	270
45	Stockton, California	$31,940	$29,810	3,370
46	Springfield, Massachusetts	$31,810	$29,750	490
47	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$31,660	$24,320	10,430
48	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$31,410	$29,470	21,220
49	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$31,360	$29,850	3,370
50	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$31,300	$27,720	440
51	Redding, California	$31,270	$29,650	590
52	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$31,260	$30,140	100
53	El Centro, California	$31,230	$30,340	570
54	Chico, California	$31,160	$29,890	720
55	Worcester, Massachusetts	$31,130	$30,520	450
56	Merced, California	$31,080	$29,780	980
57	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$31,040	$29,920	17,840
58	Fresno, California	$31,030	$29,650	3,880
59	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$30,950	$29,260	12,210
60	Visalia-Porterville, California	$30,840	$29,590	1,650
61	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$30,820	$26,760	110
62	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$30,810	$27,720	510
63	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$30,780	$27,110	650
64	Missoula, Montana	$30,760	$20,920	280
65	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$30,730	$29,660	390
66	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$30,700	$27,970	1,360
67	Ithaca, New York	$30,490	$28,760	120
68	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$30,480	$27,630	850
69	Syracuse, New York	$30,340	$27,460	760
70	Yuma, Arizona	$30,190	$28,230	300
71	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$30,160	$29,640	560
72	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$30,150	$27,320	450
73	Boulder, Colorado	$30,120	$29,430	430
74	Prescott, Arizona	$30,100	$28,440	270
75	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$30,100	$29,510	2,990
76	Tucson, Arizona	$29,940	$28,850	1,710
77	Bangor, Maine	$29,880	$27,580	120
78	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$29,850	$22,380	310
79	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$29,840	$27,550	470
80	Medford, Oregon	$29,830	$26,880	180
81	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$29,640	$27,580	250
82	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$29,550	$26,920	500
83	Albany, Oregon	$29,550	$27,090	140
84	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$29,480	$28,900	190
85	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$29,360	$26,600	310
86	Manchester, New Hampshire	$29,270	$27,130	290
87	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$29,090	$27,730	300
88	Elmira, New York	$29,050	$27,460	90
89	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$29,000	$27,920	440
90	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$28,970	$24,960	11,540
91	Salt Lake City, Utah	$28,870	$21,040	2,780
92	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$28,820	$22,880	100
93	Fairbanks, Alaska	$28,740	$24,640	260
94	Salem, Oregon	$28,690	$26,910	680
95	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$28,690	$23,430	120
96	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$28,650	$27,460	1,570
97	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$28,550	$21,550	2,120
98	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$28,550	$27,460	440
99	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$28,530	$23,690	4,200
100	Provo-Orem, Utah	$28,500	$22,250	1,370

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for fast food cooks.