The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short order 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 | $23,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,140 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $25,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,670 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $46,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,400.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $25,400 | 5.79% | 0.79% |
| 2016 | $23,930 | -2.72% | - |
| 2015 | $24,580 | 3.25% | - |
| 2014 | $23,780 | -5.05% | - |
| 2013 | $24,980 | -0.88% | - |
| 2012 | $25,200 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,400 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 36.7 percent (36.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 8.0 percent (8.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area.