The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fast food cooks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 | $27,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,650 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $33,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $33,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $28,650 | 2.51% | 33.79% |
| 2021 | $27,930 | 5.69% | - |
| 2020 | $26,340 | 4.63% | - |
| 2019 | $25,120 | 5.69% | - |
| 2018 | $23,690 | 6.08% | - |
| 2017 | $22,250 | 6.29% | - |
| 2016 | $20,850 | 4.99% | - |
| 2015 | $19,810 | 1.41% | - |
| 2014 | $19,530 | -1.54% | - |
| 2013 | $19,830 | 4.34% | - |
| 2012 | $18,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,650 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 8.8 percent (8.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 35.5 percent (35.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.