The annual salary statistics of restaurant cooks in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of restaurant cooks in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $30,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $42,170 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for restaurant cooks in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $42,170. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,580. 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 restaurant cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $33,580 | 12.00% | 29.84% |
| 2021 | $29,550 | 5.41% | - |
| 2020 | $27,950 | 4.76% | - |
| 2019 | $26,620 | 8.79% | - |
| 2018 | $24,280 | 1.03% | - |
| 2017 | $24,030 | 1.96% | - |
| 2016 | $23,560 | 4.50% | - |
| 2015 | $22,500 | -4.71% | - |
| 2012 | $23,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,580 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for restaurant cooks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of restaurant cooks in Watertown-Fort Drum is 13.0 percent (13.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 23.9 percent (23.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.