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Cooks, Short Order · SOC 35-2015

Cooks, Short Order Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$45,790
Median hourly wage$22.02

Cooks, Short Order in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $45,790 per year ($22.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,380 at the 10th percentile to $51,670 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,430 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Cooks, Short Order in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $45,790 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,610 and $47,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,380$43,610$45,790$47,150$51,670
Hourly$18.93$20.96$22.02$22.67$24.84

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.

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How this area compares

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $45,790
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $42,930
  • United Statesnational
    $35,880

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +7% vs California overall and +28% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$17,150$29,440$41,730$54,020Pittsburgh, PA — $17,150Dothan, AL — $21,250Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $21,440Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $21,480Laredo, TX — $21,490El Paso, TX — $21,610Montgomery, AL — $21,840Auburn-Opelika, AL — $21,860Terre Haute, IN — $21,940Tuscaloosa, AL — $22,110Guayama, PR — $22,140York-Hanover, PA — $22,160Cleveland, OH — $22,260San Angelo, TX — $22,320Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $22,330Wichita Falls, TX — $22,430Erie, PA — $22,450Huntsville, AL — $22,510San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,580Abilene, TX — $22,840Longview, TX — $22,880Warner Robins, GA — $22,880Tyler, TX — $22,900Birmingham, AL — $23,160Monroe, LA — $23,350Lafayette, LA — $24,340Odessa, TX — $24,350New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $24,720Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $25,050Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $25,320Williamsport, PA — $25,490Amarillo, TX — $25,500Lubbock, TX — $25,550Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $25,720Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $26,470Columbia, SC — $27,540Sandusky, OH — $27,560Bowling Green, KY — $27,590Charleston, WV — $27,590Wheeling, WV-OH — $27,590Springfield, OH — $27,600Appleton, WI — $27,720Green Bay, WI — $27,730Kenosha, WI — $27,790Manhattan, KS — $27,820Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $27,830Toledo, OH — $27,970Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $27,990Muncie, IN — $28,030Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $28,130Savannah, GA — $28,160Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $28,200Wichita, KS — $28,250Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $28,290Chambersburg, PA — $28,350Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $28,390Midland, TX — $28,390Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $28,400Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $28,430Jackson, MS — $28,450Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,490Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,520Madison, WI — $28,650Cleveland, TN — $28,660Kokomo, IN — $28,670La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $28,700Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $28,970Bloomington, IN — $29,030Topeka, KS — $29,180Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $29,200Morgantown, WV — $29,210Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $29,230Roanoke, VA — $29,260Richmond, VA — $29,280Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,350Winston-Salem, NC — $29,400Johnson City, TN — $29,460Lancaster, PA — $29,580Wilmington, NC — $29,620Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $29,630Greensboro-High Point, NC — $29,700Kansas City, MO-KS — $29,810Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $29,880Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,950Duluth, MN-WI — $29,960Hinesville, GA — $30,110Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $30,160Clarksville, TN-KY — $30,170Knoxville, TN — $30,210Fort Wayne, IN — $30,240Rochester, MN — $30,320Lincoln, NE — $30,340Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $30,510Winchester, VA-WV — $30,670Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,690Manchester-Nashua, NH — $30,840Grand Island, NE — $31,060Athens-Clarke County, GA — $31,120Raleigh-Cary, NC — $31,200Tallahassee, FL — $31,300Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $31,360Akron, OH — $31,430Canton-Massillon, OH — $31,450Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $31,520Saginaw, MI — $31,700Hammond, LA — $31,800Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,840Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $31,840Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $31,940Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $31,940Peoria, IL — $32,010Ann Arbor, MI — $32,020Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $32,020Colorado Springs, CO — $32,030Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $32,150Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $32,180Great Falls, MT — $32,370Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $32,620Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $32,630Rapid City, SD — $32,670Omaha, NE-IA — $32,710Cedar Rapids, IA — $32,940Gainesville, FL — $33,220Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $33,260San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $33,260Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $33,280Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $33,280Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,280Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $33,400Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $33,520Baton Rouge, LA — $33,540Port St. Lucie, FL — $33,620Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $33,880Rockford, IL — $34,150Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,200Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,270Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $34,520Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,570Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $34,600Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $34,620North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $34,650Utica-Rome, NY — $34,690Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,730Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $34,740Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $34,810Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,830Bend, OR — $34,880Salem, OR — $34,910Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $35,030Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $35,040Columbus, OH — $35,200Binghamton, NY — $35,240Columbia, MO — $35,260Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $35,320New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $35,360Tulsa, OK — $35,380Bangor, ME — $35,400Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $35,570Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $35,610Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,630Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,660Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,780Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,920Glens Falls, NY — $35,950Iowa City, IA — $35,990Oklahoma City, OK — $36,010Ames, IA — $36,070Tucson, AZ — $36,080Traverse City, MI — $36,090Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,170Syracuse, NY — $36,190Ithaca, NY — $36,200Merced, CA — $36,240Lexington Park, MD — $36,250Kingston, NY — $36,310Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,360Albany, OR — $36,460Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $36,460Portland-South Portland, ME — $36,470Rochester, NY — $36,580Redding, CA — $36,730Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,760Dubuque, IA — $36,990San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $37,300Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $37,440Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,490Anchorage, AK — $37,660Chico, CA — $37,700Pittsfield, MA — $37,720Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,770Santa Fe, NM — $37,820Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $37,830Visalia, CA — $37,940Medford, OR — $38,010San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $38,020Bellingham, WA — $38,160Modesto, CA — $38,260Fresno, CA — $38,280Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $38,340Yakima, WA — $38,430Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,480Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,490St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,490Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $38,810Albuquerque, NM — $38,860Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $38,890Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,040Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $39,040Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $39,140Springfield, MA — $39,200Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $39,300Ogden, UT — $39,550Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $39,600Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $39,650Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,970Salinas, CA — $40,550Worcester, MA — $40,780Urban Honolulu, HI — $40,860Reno, NV — $41,530Yuba City, CA — $42,400Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $42,450Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $42,990Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,680Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $43,790Napa, CA — $43,930Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $44,050Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $44,200Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $44,780Vallejo, CA — $45,360Barnstable Town, MA — $45,690San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $45,790San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,990Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,450Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $48,140Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,180Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $50,870Corvallis, OR — $54,020

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Francisco metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 237 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cooks, short order, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $45,790
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $46,450
  • San Jose metro area
    $45,990
  • Vallejo metro area
    $45,360
  • Napa metro area
    $43,930
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $43,680
  • Oxnard metro area
    $42,990

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:

Fast Food and Counter Workers$43,870Waiters and Waitresses$38,860Cooks, Restaurant$46,030First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$51,520Food Preparation Workers$41,000Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$39,310

Highest-paying metro areas for cooks, short orders · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro

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.