The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of short order cooks in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $17,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $20,610 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $22,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $26,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $27,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order cooks in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $27,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,160.
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 | $22,310 | 17.97% | 20.57% |
| 2021 | $18,300 | -4.43% | - |
| 2020 | $19,110 | -5.70% | - |
| 2019 | $20,200 | 9.65% | - |
| 2018 | $18,250 | -3.01% | - |
| 2017 | $18,800 | 0.74% | - |
| 2016 | $18,660 | 2.84% | - |
| 2015 | $18,130 | 2.10% | - |
| 2014 | $17,750 | 2.20% | - |
| 2013 | $17,360 | -2.07% | - |
| 2012 | $17,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $22,310 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Brownsville-Harlingen is 27.3 percent (27.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 17.4 percent (17.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.