SOC 35-2019 · Area 4800001 · May 2025

Cooks, All Other

Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$23,350	$11.23
25th percentile	$25,940	$12.47
Median	$29,710	$14.29
75th percentile	$39,000	$18.75
90th percentile	$44,860	$21.57
Average	$32,370	$15.56

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: Not available. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $25,940 to $39,000 in 2025, a span of $13,060.

The area median is $2,440 (7.6%) below Texas's $32,150 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 13 other published areas

This area's median is $5,270 (21.6%) above the $24,440 median in Laredo, TX.
This area's median is $5,060 (20.5%) above the $24,650 median in Lubbock, TX.
This area's median is $4,010 (15.6%) above the $25,700 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $3,770 (14.5%) above the $25,940 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
This area's median is $2,250 (8.2%) above the $27,460 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $2,000 (7.2%) above the $27,710 median in Waco, TX.
This area's median is $1,810 (6.5%) above the $27,900 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $1,160 (4.1%) above the $28,550 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $680 (2.3%) above the $29,030 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $3,290 (10.0%) below the $33,000 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $5,360 (15.3%) below the $35,070 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $5,790 (16.3%) below the $35,500 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $10,330 (25.8%) below the $40,040 median in Midland, TX.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.

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