SOC 35-2015 · Area 4800006 · May 2025

Cooks, Short Order

Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$22,100	$10.62
25th percentile	$22,640	$10.88
Median	$23,600	$11.35
75th percentile	$27,150	$13.05
90th percentile	$30,010	$14.43
Average	$25,570	$12.29

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: 170. 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 $22,640 to $27,150 in 2025, a span of $4,510.

The area median is $1,720 (6.8%) below Texas's $25,320 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 18 other published areas

This area's median is $2,110 (9.8%) above the $21,490 median in Laredo, TX.
This area's median is $1,990 (9.2%) above the $21,610 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $1,280 (5.7%) above the $22,320 median in San Angelo, TX.
This area's median is $1,170 (5.2%) above the $22,430 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
This area's median is $760 (3.3%) above the $22,840 median in Abilene, TX.
This area's median is $720 (3.1%) above the $22,880 median in Longview, TX.
This area's median is $700 (3.1%) above the $22,900 median in Tyler, TX.
This area's median is the same as the $23,600 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is the same as the $23,600 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $750 (3.1%) below the $24,350 median in Odessa, TX.
This area's median is $1,720 (6.8%) below the $25,320 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $1,900 (7.5%) below the $25,500 median in Amarillo, TX.
This area's median is $1,950 (7.6%) below the $25,550 median in Lubbock, TX.
This area's median is $2,120 (8.2%) below the $25,720 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $2,430 (9.3%) below the $26,030 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $4,790 (16.9%) below the $28,390 median in Midland, TX.
This area's median is $7,920 (25.1%) below the $31,520 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $9,660 (29.0%) below the $33,260 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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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