The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fast food cooks in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 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 | $22,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,240 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $25,340 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,580 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $32,790 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $32,790. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,400.
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 | $25,340 | 10.77% | 29.36% |
| 2021 | $22,610 | 13.45% | - |
| 2020 | $19,570 | -2.30% | - |
| 2019 | $20,020 | 6.69% | - |
| 2018 | $18,680 | 1.23% | - |
| 2017 | $18,450 | 1.57% | - |
| 2016 | $18,160 | 0.39% | - |
| 2015 | $18,090 | -0.39% | - |
| 2014 | $18,160 | 0.11% | - |
| 2013 | $18,140 | 1.32% | - |
| 2012 | $17,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,340 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 2.8 percent (2.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort and 31.4 percent (31.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Anderson.