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Fast Food Cooks Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fast food cooks in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Fast Food Cooks in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$18,500
25th Percentile Wage
$19,130
50th Percentile Wage
$20,210
75th Percentile Wage
$24,820
90th Percentile Wage
$29,380

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $29,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $20,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $18,500.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$20,210
2.97% 6.38%
2016
$19,610
2.45% -
2015
$19,130
0.52% -
2014
$19,030
1.00% -
2013
$18,840
-0.42% -
2012
$18,920
- -

Table 2. Compare Fast Food Cooks Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $20,210 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 30.2 percent (30.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) and 6.7 percent (6.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$28,970
Springfield
$27,130
Rockford
$27,090
Decatur
$26,970
Bloomington
$26,730
Peoria
$26,710
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$26,440
Danville
$26,330
Champaign-Urbana
$26,180
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$26,140
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$26,140
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$25,860
Carbondale-Marion
$25,400
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$20,210
Kankakee-Bradley
$19,750
Bloomington-Normal
$18,860