Markets Occupations Cooks, Restaurant

Cooks, Restaurant — Annual Mean Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 35-2014 · Food Preparation & Serving Related · BLS OEWS · Annual · Atlanta (Beta)

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Latest reading May 2025

$35,780 +3.26%up YoY
U.S.
$38,730 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
−7.6%

Annual Mean Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · Atlanta (Beta) · May 2021 – May 2025

Cooks, Restaurant — Annual Mean Wage, Atlanta (Beta). 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Cooks, Restaurant

Employment for Cooks, Restaurant in Atlanta is 29,040 (May 2025), down 8.54% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $37,230.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$35,780 per yearMay 2025
Prior Year$34,6502024
Year Change+3.26%upYoY
3-Yr Change+21.8%upsince 2022
Food Preparation & Serving Related$31,970May 2025
All Occupations$71,900May 2025
U.S. Reading$38,730May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.−7.6%May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code35-2014
Occupation FamilyFood Preparation & Serving Related35-0000

Other Measures for Cooks, Restaurant Atlanta (Beta)

Employment 29,040 −8.54%down YoYMay 2025
Median Annual Pay $37,230 +1.72%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $27,370 +17.9%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $30,680 +0.62%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $38,420 +0.37%up YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $43,690 +0.02%up YoYMay 2025
Jobs per 1,000 10.05 −9.08%down YoYMay 2025
Location Quotient 1.11 −5.13%down YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — Mean Annual Pay

$71,900
+2.49%up YoY

benchmark · Atlanta (Beta)

Related Occupations same family · Atlanta (Beta)

OccupationMean Annual PayYoY
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031 $26,870 −6.02%down

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Mean Annual Pay · 1 Year

+3.26%up

May 2025

  • Food Preparation & Serving Related −0.03%down
  • All occupations +2.49%up

Mean Annual Pay · 3 Year

+21.8%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography Atlanta (Beta) (msa:12060)
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_mean_wage.soc_35_2014
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 35-2014
Role Page Cooks, Restaurant
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 35-2014.00)

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