Cooks, Fast Food · SOC 35-2011
Cooks, Fast Food Salary in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Cooks, Fast Food in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $25,470 per year ($12.25 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,570 at the 10th percentile to $36,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 370 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cooks, Fast Food in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $25,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $22,710 and $29,610.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $21,570 | $22,710 | $25,470 | $29,610 | $36,600 |
| Hourly | $10.37 | $10.92 | $12.25 | $14.23 | $17.59 |
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
- Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$25,470 median for Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $22,710 to $29,610
- South Carolinastate$27,420 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $22,830 to $33,540
- 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 −7% vs South Carolina overall and −18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in South Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cooks, fast food, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$25,470 median for Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $22,710 to $29,610
- $32,380 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $24,720 to $35,250
- $28,290 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $23,560 to $34,930
- $28,210 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $23,350 to $33,870
- $28,030 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $23,030 to $32,010
- $27,100 median for Myrtle Beach metro area; middle half earns $21,590 to $31,090
- $23,980 median for Sumter metro area; middle half earns $21,230 to $29,100
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 Northwestern South Carolina 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.