Cooks, Fast Food · SOC 35-2011
Cooks, Fast Food Salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Cooks, Fast Food in the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $28,870 per year ($13.88 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $23,900 at the 10th percentile to $35,310 at the 90th. BLS estimates 230 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cooks, Fast Food in the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $28,870 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $24,960 and $29,700.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $23,900 | $24,960 | $28,870 | $29,700 | $35,310 |
| Hourly | $11.49 | $12.00 | $13.88 | $14.28 | $16.98 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,870 median for Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $24,960 to $29,700
- Indianastate$29,870 median for Indiana; middle half earns $28,440 to $35,310
- United Statesnational$30,890 median for United States; middle half earns $27,260 to $37,260
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs Indiana overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cooks, fast food, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$28,870 median for Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $24,960 to $29,700
- $30,500 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $29,510 to $36,660
- $29,540 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $27,200 to $35,040
- $29,540 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $28,900 to $29,540
- $29,290 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $27,680 to $29,890
- $27,800 median for Terre Haute metro area; middle half earns $25,630 to $28,430
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for cooks, fast foods · Highest-paying occupations in Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.