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Restaurant Cooks Salary in College Station-Bryan, Texas

The annual salary statistics of restaurant cooks in College Station-Bryan, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of restaurant cooks in College Station-Bryan 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 Restaurant Cooks in College Station-Bryan, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$21,550
25th Percentile Wage
$23,860
50th Percentile Wage
$28,400
75th Percentile Wage
$29,630
90th Percentile Wage
$34,670

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for restaurant cooks in College Station-Bryan, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $34,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,550.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$28,400
16.80% 32.39%
2021
$23,630
3.00% -
2020
$22,920
-0.31% -
2019
$22,990
7.74% -
2018
$21,210
4.90% -
2017
$20,170
-0.50% -
2016
$20,270
-1.73% -
2015
$20,620
-2.09% -
2014
$21,050
-0.71% -
2013
$21,200
9.43% -
2012
$19,200
- -

Table 2. Compare Restaurant Cooks Salary in College Station-Bryan with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,400 in College Station-Bryan is in the middle of salary range for restaurant cooks in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of restaurant cooks in College Station-Bryan is 12.9 percent (12.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 18.5 percent (18.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fort Worth-Arlington.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$32,610
Midland
$31,400
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$31,200
Odessa
$30,720
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$30,290
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$29,600
Sherman-Denison
$29,190
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$28,780
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$28,640
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$28,530
San Angelo
$28,490
Waco
$28,440
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$28,430
College Station-Bryan
$28,400
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$28,380
Victoria
$28,340
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$28,320
Tyler
$28,320
Corpus Christi
$28,320
Amarillo
$28,240
Lubbock
$28,210
Longview
$28,010
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$27,790
Wichita Falls
$27,740
Abilene
$27,550
Texarkana-Texarkana
$27,420
Laredo
$26,810
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$26,810
Brownsville-Harlingen
$26,630
El Paso
$26,530
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$26,420
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$25,430
Fort Worth-Arlington
$23,150

See also: Top paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, Texas.