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Hourly wage estimates of short order cooks in the U.S. from 2022 to 2024, by percentile distribution (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	2022	2023	2024
10% of employees earned less than	10.34	11.21	11.43
25% of employees earned less than	12.18	13.67	14.5
Median hourly wage	14.6	16.41	17.12
75% of employees earned less than	16.91	18.39	19.23
90% of employees earned less than	19.28	21.16	22.12

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September 2025

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United States

Survey time period

May 2022 to May 2024

Special properties

as of May each year

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A percentile wage shows the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate - 50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
Short order cooks prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables. Excludes "fast food cooks".
The data used is based on the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey which measures occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by industry. Employees are all part-time and full-time workers who are paid a wage or salary.

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Short order cooks prepare and cook a variety of meals that require only a short time to prepare. In the United States, the median hourly wage of short order cooks was 17.12 U.S. dollars as of May 2024. Comparatively, ten percent of short order cooks earned less than 11.43 U.S. dollars per hour during that period.