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Short Order Cooks Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of short order cooks in Rochester 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 Short Order Cooks in Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$28,690
25th Percentile Wage
$30,810
50th Percentile Wage
$34,860
75th Percentile Wage
$38,570
90th Percentile Wage
$46,640

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order cooks in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,690.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$34,860
13.08% 35.63%
2021
$30,300
11.49% -
2020
$26,820
4.96% -
2019
$25,490
7.38% -
2018
$23,610
13.38% -
2017
$20,450
0.44% -
2016
$20,360
2.36% -
2015
$19,880
0.96% -
2014
$19,690
0.30% -
2013
$19,630
-14.31% -
2012
$22,440
- -

Table 2. Compare Short Order Cooks Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,860 in Rochester 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 Rochester is 17.3 percent (17.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 40.9 percent (40.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Ithaca
$42,150
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$36,790
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$35,360
Rochester
$34,860
Kingston
$34,840
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$34,330
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$32,890
Syracuse
$32,080
Elmira
$31,660
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$31,520
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$31,520
Utica-Rome
$31,020
Binghamton
$29,890
Glens Falls
$28,840
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$25,490
Nassau-Suffolk
$23,530
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$23,290
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$21,140
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$20,600

See also: Top paying jobs in Rochester, New York.