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Highest-paying States for All Other Cooks

The highest-paying states for all other 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 all other cooks in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $56,390, Wyoming is the highest paying state for all other cooks. It is followed by New Mexico (average annual salary $55,960). 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 all other cooks in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for All Other Cooks (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Wyoming	$56,390	$28,400	0
2	New Mexico	$55,960	$27,210	120
3	Washington	$46,040	$39,020	100
4	New York	$45,420	$32,400	410
5	Colorado	$43,680	$35,980	80
6	Idaho	$42,790	$34,720	40
7	Alaska	$40,200	$32,080	30
8	Oregon	$37,710	$31,430	370
9	New Jersey	$37,440	$33,390	140
10	Connecticut	$37,150	$29,550	190
11	Nevada	$36,440	$28,430	230
12	Utah	$36,390	$31,060	90
13	Wisconsin	$36,250	$26,360	90
14	Pennsylvania	$36,210	$31,050	120
15	California	$36,160	$29,550	2,690
16	Massachusetts	$36,050	$32,610	280
17	Maine	$35,550	$31,230	40
18	Hawaii	$35,500	$33,230	230
19	South Carolina	$34,920	$34,260	30
20	Iowa	$34,830	$29,990	240
21	Indiana	$34,790	$28,340	330
22	Maryland	$34,600	$30,480	600
23	District of Columbia	$34,200	$30,420	80
24	Illinois	$34,170	$25,420	650
25	Arizona	$33,020	$27,700	1,210
26	Florida	$32,810	$27,170	1,170
27	Georgia	$31,650	$20,950	770
28	Oklahoma	$31,490	$29,170	370
29	North Dakota	$31,450	$23,120	160
30	Vermont	$31,190	$30,160	50
31	Arkansas	$30,960	$23,220	50
32	Tennessee	$30,910	$23,350	1,670
33	New Hampshire	$30,730	$30,730	40
34	Montana	$30,720	$22,030	90
35	Ohio	$30,600	$22,770	250
36	Minnesota	$29,690	$27,140	360
37	Mississippi	$29,680	$21,980	30
38	Missouri	$29,640	$27,040	510
39	Louisiana	$28,880	$20,150	1,360
40	Michigan	$28,870	$22,010	780
41	Virginia	$28,790	$23,860	400
42	North Carolina	$28,080	$21,670	400
43	West Virginia	$28,070	$19,900	60
44	Texas	$27,150	$18,250	1,260
45	Alabama	$26,570	$25,570	200
46	Kansas	$24,330	$20,610	30
47	Kentucky	$23,660	$20,800	70
48	Puerto Rico	$19,130	$17,150	0
49	Delaware	$18,870	$16,170	0

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of all other cooks in those states is not available at this time.