The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of fast food cooks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $17,360 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $18,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $22,810 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $24,810 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $30,600 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $30,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,810. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,360.
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 | $22,810 | 2.50% | 20.91% |
| 2021 | $22,240 | 3.60% | - |
| 2020 | $21,440 | 1.03% | - |
| 2019 | $21,220 | 4.95% | - |
| 2018 | $20,170 | -0.30% | - |
| 2017 | $20,230 | 4.79% | - |
| 2016 | $19,260 | 4.47% | - |
| 2015 | $18,400 | 3.70% | - |
| 2014 | $17,720 | 0.79% | - |
| 2013 | $17,580 | -2.62% | - |
| 2012 | $18,040 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $22,810 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 14.9 percent (14.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 16.7 percent (16.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.