The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short order 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 | $22,250 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $31,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $33,780 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $33,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,250.
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 | $30,670 | 26.18% | 31.86% |
| 2021 | $22,640 | 12.10% | - |
| 2020 | $19,900 | -18.59% | - |
| 2018 | $23,600 | 2.20% | - |
| 2017 | $23,080 | -0.56% | - |
| 2016 | $23,210 | 17.23% | - |
| 2015 | $19,210 | 0.99% | - |
| 2014 | $19,020 | 1.42% | - |
| 2013 | $18,750 | -11.47% | - |
| 2012 | $20,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $30,670, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the highest paying city for short order cooks in state of Texas, followed by Central Texas nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary $27,970). In comparison, the median annual salary of short order cooks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 8.8 percent (8.8%) higher than that in Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.