The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short order 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 | $28,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,340 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,530 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $53,110 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $53,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,870.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $35,360 | 13.21% | 45.84% |
| 2021 | $30,690 | 4.82% | - |
| 2020 | $29,210 | 3.01% | - |
| 2019 | $28,330 | 2.33% | - |
| 2018 | $27,670 | 9.22% | - |
| 2017 | $25,120 | 18.95% | - |
| 2016 | $20,360 | 0.20% | - |
| 2015 | $20,320 | 5.07% | - |
| 2014 | $19,290 | 1.50% | - |
| 2013 | $19,000 | -0.79% | - |
| 2012 | $19,150 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,360 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 16.1 percent (16.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 41.7 percent (41.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.