SOC 35-2014 · Area 41660 · May 2025
Cooks, Restaurant
San Angelo, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $21,690 | $10.43 |
| 25th percentile | $26,000 | $12.50 |
| Median | $29,800 | $14.33 |
| 75th percentile | $34,510 | $16.59 |
| 90th percentile | $36,930 | $17.76 |
| Average | $30,420 | $14.62 |
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: 510. 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 $26,000 to $34,510 in 2025, a span of $8,510.
The area median is $4,960 (14.3%) below Texas's $34,760 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 30 other published areas
- This area's median is $1,680 (6.0%) above the $28,120 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $1,420 (5.0%) above the $28,380 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $1,130 (3.9%) above the $28,670 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $1,120 (3.9%) above the $28,680 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $920 (3.2%) above the $28,880 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $810 (2.8%) above the $28,990 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $640 (2.2%) above the $29,160 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $620 (2.1%) above the $29,180 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $330 (1.1%) above the $29,470 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $310 (1.1%) above the $29,490 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $120 (0.4%) above the $29,680 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $10 (0.0%) above the $29,790 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $130 (0.4%) below the $29,930 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $150 (0.5%) below the $29,950 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $380 (1.3%) below the $30,180 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $450 (1.5%) below the $30,250 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $500 (1.7%) below the $30,300 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $710 (2.3%) below the $30,510 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $720 (2.4%) below the $30,520 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $760 (2.5%) below the $30,560 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $870 (2.8%) below the $30,670 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $1,700 (5.4%) below the $31,500 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $1,960 (6.2%) below the $31,760 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $2,830 (8.7%) below the $32,630 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $5,060 (14.5%) below the $34,860 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $5,100 (14.6%) below the $34,900 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $5,250 (15.0%) below the $35,050 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $5,870 (16.5%) below the $35,670 median in Midland, TX.
- This area's median is $6,690 (18.3%) below the $36,490 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $7,010 (19.0%) below the $36,810 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
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Which counties share this estimate?
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