The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fast food cooks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $23,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $33,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $33,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $28,150 | 3.59% | 28.06% |
| 2016 | $27,140 | 14.22% | - |
| 2015 | $23,280 | 5.07% | - |
| 2014 | $22,100 | 6.56% | - |
| 2013 | $20,650 | 1.94% | - |
| 2012 | $20,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,150 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 25.2 percent (25.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 14.2 percent (14.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Lewiston.