SOC 35-2011 · Area 12420 · May 2025
Cooks, Fast Food
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $27,680 | $13.31 |
| 25th percentile | $34,850 | $16.76 |
| Median | $38,560 | $18.54 |
| 75th percentile | $44,540 | $21.41 |
| 90th percentile | $50,970 | $24.51 |
| Average | $38,950 | $18.73 |
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: 4,540. 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 $34,850 to $44,540 in 2025, a span of $9,690.
The area median is $10,280 (36.4%) above Texas's $28,280 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 23 other published areas
- This area's median is $16,390 (73.9%) above the $22,170 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $15,470 (67.0%) above the $23,090 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $14,170 (58.1%) above the $24,390 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $14,060 (57.4%) above the $24,500 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $13,600 (54.5%) above the $24,960 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $13,510 (53.9%) above the $25,050 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $13,060 (51.2%) above the $25,500 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $12,830 (49.9%) above the $25,730 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $12,780 (49.6%) above the $25,780 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $12,460 (47.7%) above the $26,100 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $11,950 (44.9%) above the $26,610 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $11,920 (44.7%) above the $26,640 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $11,920 (44.7%) above the $26,640 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $11,900 (44.6%) above the $26,660 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $11,820 (44.2%) above the $26,740 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $11,090 (40.4%) above the $27,470 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $11,040 (40.1%) above the $27,520 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $9,570 (33.0%) above the $28,990 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $9,540 (32.9%) above the $29,020 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $9,330 (31.9%) above the $29,230 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $8,550 (28.5%) above the $30,010 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $8,450 (28.1%) above the $30,110 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $7,320 (23.4%) above the $31,240 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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