All occupations / 35-2011Texas pay · SOC 35-2011
Cooks, Fast Food May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.
Statewide pay BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates. Measure Annual pay Hourly pay 10th percentile $20,800 $10.00 25th percentile $23,090 $11.10 Median $28,280 $13.60 75th percentile $36,450 $17.52 90th percentile $39,140 $18.82 Average $29,680 $14.27
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: 36,240 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $23,090 to $36,450 in 2025, a span of $13,360. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 24 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $22,170 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area to $38,560 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Abilene, TX $25,780 280 Amarillo, TX $26,100 440 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $38,560 4,540 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $26,610 420 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $25,730 230 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $25,050 490 Corpus Christi, TX $29,230 590 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $30,010 6,490 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $26,640 520 El Paso, TX $24,390 1,140 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $23,090 7,950 Killeen-Temple, TX $29,020 510 Longview, TX $28,990 540 Lubbock, TX $25,500 590 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $26,740 1,040 Midland, TX $31,240 300 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $26,640 1,010 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,170 560 Odessa, TX $27,520 210 San Angelo, TX $24,960 Not available San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $30,110 4,470 Sherman-Denison, TX $26,660 190 Texarkana, TX-AR $24,500 230 Waco, TX $27,470 500
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Anderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Andrews: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Angelina: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Aransas: Corpus Christi, TX Armstrong: Amarillo, TX Atascosa: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bailey: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bandera: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Baylor: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bell: Killeen-Temple, TX Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Borden: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bosque: Waco, TX Bowie: Texarkana, TX-AR Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brewster: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Briscoe: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Callahan: Abilene, TX Cameron: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Camp: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Carson: Amarillo, TX Cass: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Castro: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Cherokee: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Childress: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cochran: Lubbock, TX Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Collingsworth: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Comanche: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cooke: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coryell: Killeen-Temple, TX Cottle: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crane: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crockett: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crosby: Lubbock, TX Culberson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallam: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dawson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Deaf Smith: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Delta: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dickens: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dimmit: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Donley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Eastland: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ector: Odessa, TX Edwards: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Erath: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Falls: Waco, TX Fannin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Floyd: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Foard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Franklin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Frio: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gaines: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Garza: Lubbock, TX Glasscock: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gray: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Grayson: Sherman-Denison, TX Gregg: Longview, TX Guadalupe: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Hale: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hansford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardeman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardin: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Harrison: Longview, TX Hartley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Haskell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Hemphill: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Henderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hidalgo: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Hockley: Lubbock, TX Hood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hopkins: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Houston: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Howard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Hutchinson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Irion: San Angelo, TX Jack: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jasper: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jeff Davis: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jefferson: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jones: Abilene, TX Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kent: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area King: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kinney: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Knox: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamar: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lampasas: Killeen-Temple, TX La Salle: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Lipscomb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Loving: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lubbock: Lubbock, TX Lynn: Lubbock, TX McLennan: Waco, TX Marion: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Martin: Midland, TX Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Midland: Midland, TX Mitchell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montague: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Moore: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Morris: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Motley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nacogdoches: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Navarro: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Newton: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nolan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nueces: Corpus Christi, TX Ochiltree: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Oldham: Amarillo, TX Orange: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Palo Pinto: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Panola: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Parmer: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Pecos: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Polk: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Potter: Amarillo, TX Presidio: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rains: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Randall: Amarillo, TX Reagan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Real: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Red River: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Reeves: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Roberts: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Rusk: Longview, TX Sabine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Augustine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Patricio: Corpus Christi, TX Scurry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shackelford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shelby: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sherman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Somervell: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stephens: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stonewall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Swisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Taylor: Abilene, TX Terrell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Terry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Throckmorton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Titus: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tom Green: San Angelo, TX Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Trinity: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tyler: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Upshur: Longview, TX Upton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Uvalde: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Val Verde: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Van Zandt: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Ward: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wheeler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wilbarger: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wilson: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Winkler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Wood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Yoakum: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Young: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Zavala: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.