Cooks, Short Order · SOC 35-2015
Cooks, Short Order Salary in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Cooks, Short Order in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $28,580 per year ($13.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,060 at the 10th percentile to $40,190 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cooks, Short Order in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $28,580 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $21,860 and $36,420.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $21,060 | $21,860 | $28,580 | $36,420 | $40,190 |
| Hourly | $10.13 | $10.51 | $13.74 | $17.51 | $19.32 |
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
- South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$28,580 median for South Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $21,860 to $36,420
- Georgiastate$26,870 median for Georgia; middle half earns $21,430 to $37,430
- 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 +6% vs Georgia overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Georgia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cooks, short order, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- South Georgia nonmetropolitan areathis page$28,580 median for South Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $21,860 to $36,420
- $31,120 median for Athens metro area; middle half earns $26,410 to $36,090
- $30,110 median for Hinesville metro area; middle half earns $22,860 to $39,250
- $28,490 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $21,300 to $35,580
- $28,160 median for Savannah metro area; middle half earns $24,110 to $35,980
- $22,880 median for Warner Robins metro area; middle half earns $19,290 to $27,850
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 South Georgia 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.