Cooks, Short Order · SOC 35-2015
Cooks, Short Order Salary in the New York
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New York
Figures describe the state of New York as a whole.
Cooks, Short Order in the New York earned a median of $35,550 per year ($17.09 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,240 at the 10th percentile to $46,550 at the 90th. BLS estimates 18,300 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cooks, Short Order in the New York earn more than $35,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,870 and $42,800.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $32,240 | $33,870 | $35,550 | $42,800 | $46,550 |
| Hourly | $15.50 | $16.28 | $17.09 | $20.58 | $22.38 |
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
- New York$35,550 median for New York; middle half earns $33,870 to $42,800
- United Statesnational$35,880 median for United States; middle half earns $30,610 to $42,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in New York
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cooks, short order, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- New Yorkthis page$35,550 median for New York; middle half earns $33,870 to $42,800
- $36,580 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $35,190 to $44,060
- $36,310 median for Kingston metro area; middle half earns $35,350 to $44,050
- $36,200 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $33,780 to $42,970
- $36,190 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $35,050 to $38,850
- $36,170 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $34,380 to $42,610
- $35,950 median for Glens Falls metro area; middle half earns $32,240 to $37,810
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, short orders · Highest-paying occupations in New York
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.