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Cafeteria Cooks Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

About 401,000 cafeteria cooks are employed nationally. Workers can expect a very high level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 9% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Some cafeteria cooks, about 1%, work for themselves. Part-time workers are 30% of all surveyed.

Education

Employees often obtain moderate-term on-the-job training before starting. The percentage of cafeteria cooks with college degrees is 5%. Workers with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 19% of the total. Some employees, about 77%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for cafeteria cooks include Hinesville (Georgia), Morristown (Tennessee), and Lawton (Oklahoma). Fewer are found in Las Vegas (Nevada), Idaho Falls (Idaho), and Holland (Michigan). Workers looking for high salaries should look at El Centro (California), San Francisco (California), and Fairbanks (Alaska), and should avoid Laredo (Texas), Alexandria (Louisiana), and Lake Charles (Louisiana).

Detailed local employment conditions for Cafeteria Cooks in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Cafeteria Cooks

Employment info for Cafeteria Cooks, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.46150$17,000
AlabamaAuburn1.62150$15,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.421,770$18,000
AlabamaDecatur1.94220$17,000
AlabamaDothan1.91270$16,000
AlabamaFlorence2.75300$18,000
AlabamaGadsden4.41290$15,000
AlabamaHuntsville1.54710$17,000
AlabamaMobile1.67690$17,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.75680$17,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa2.13380$18,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.15420$36,000
AlaskaFairbanks1.2580$35,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.25140$25,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.693,180$24,000
ArizonaPrescott2.11290$24,000
ArizonaTucson0.79710$23,000
ArizonaYuma1.07140$21,000
ArkansasFayetteville1.9870$20,000
ArkansasFort Smith3.18830$16,000
ArkansasHot Springs3.52260$18,000
ArkansasJonesboro3.28330$17,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.811,430$19,000
ArkansasPine Bluff3.4240$16,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.8490$31,000
CaliforniaChico1.27200$24,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.04110$36,000
CaliforniaFresno0.58450$25,000
CaliforniaHanford2.84190$32,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.515,220$25,000
CaliforniaMadera2.35170$32,000
CaliforniaMerced1.89240$26,000
CaliforniaModesto0.82310$26,000
CaliforniaNapa0.4460$30,000
CaliforniaOakland0.431,070$30,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.68490$26,000
CaliforniaRedding2.13310$25,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.82,530$26,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.711,540$27,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.95330$32,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.611,950$27,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.852,020$35,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.561,230$34,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.95220$29,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.461,740$28,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.99190$26,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.74330$27,000
CaliforniaStockton0.83410$27,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.07300$32,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.22380$21,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.18100$30,000
ColoradoBoulder0.66240$28,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.83500$24,000
ColoradoDenver0.72,120$25,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.04290$25,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.37170$23,000
ColoradoGreeley1.34220$19,000
ColoradoPueblo1.44160$23,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.86900$30,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.05160$32,000
ConnecticutHartford1.031,410$30,000
ConnecticutNew Haven0.99650$34,000
ConnecticutNorwich2.71750$25,000
ConnecticutWaterbury0.85130$26,000
DelawareDover0.5870$23,000
DelawareWilmington0.64500$28,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.663,720$27,000
FloridaCape Coral0.62310$25,000
FloridaDeltona0.76280$23,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.661,200$25,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach0.63110$24,000
FloridaGainesville1.04260$21,000
FloridaJacksonville0.58860$23,000
FloridaLakeland0.56260$22,000
FloridaMiami0.781,900$26,000
FloridaNaples0.75220$26,000
FloridaOcala0.83180$23,000
FloridaOrlando0.551,420$21,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.02470$22,000
FloridaPanama City2.38360$25,000
FloridaPort St Lucie0.97290$24,000
FloridaPunta Gorda1.43120$23,000
FloridaSarasota0.91610$25,000
FloridaSebastian1.39140$27,000
FloridaTallahassee0.84320$21,000
FloridaTampa0.541,660$24,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach0.58790$25,000
GeorgiaAlbany2.43310
GeorgiaAthens1.04170$18,000
GeorgiaAtlanta1.166,770$18,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.71810$18,000
GeorgiaBrunswick3.75310$16,000
GeorgiaColumbus2.69670$19,000
GeorgiaDalton1.23210$16,000
GeorgiaGainesville1.42200$19,000
GeorgiaHinesville12.22260$21,000
GeorgiaMacon1.76390$16,000
GeorgiaRome2.39180$15,000
GeorgiaSavannah0.69240$22,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.53160$17,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins2.22230$17,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.91920$29,000
IdahoBoise1.52960$23,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.13120$18,000
IdahoIdaho Falls0.440$19,000
IdahoLewiston1.4260$23,000
IdahoPocatello1.59100$22,000
IllinoisBloomington1.76250$25,000
IllinoisChampaign3.12600$25,000
IllinoisChicago0.797,370$24,000
IllinoisDanville1.8390$23,000
IllinoisDecatur1.45140$20,000
IllinoisKankakee2.77220$22,000
IllinoisPeoria1.79680$20,000
IllinoisRockford0.79270$21,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.75400$21,000
IndianaAnderson2.04160$18,000
IndianaBloomington2.26340$22,000
IndianaColumbus1.64140$20,000
IndianaElkhart0.88260$23,000
IndianaEvansville1.54620$20,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.12560$20,000
IndianaGary1.561,030$21,000
IndianaIndianapolis12,130$22,000
IndianaKokomo2.04190$22,000
IndianaLafayette1.6260$23,000
IndianaMichigan City1.68150$22,000
IndianaMuncie2.09210$20,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.04330$22,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.64240$20,000
IowaAmes3.71290$26,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.67510$21,000
IowaDavenport1.39580$19,000
IowaDes Moines1.14870$23,000
IowaDubuque1.78200$22,000
IowaIowa City1.61240$25,000
IowaSioux City2.36360$20,000
IowaWaterloo2.07370$21,000
KansasLawrence3.23290$22,000
KansasTopeka2.32560$21,000
KansasWichita1.471,050$20,000
KentuckyBowling Green2.72320$20,000
KentuckyElizabethtown3270$22,000
KentuckyLexington1.38790$23,000
KentuckyLouisville1.52,200$22,000
KentuckyOwensboro2.7270$20,000
LouisianaAlexandria3.54440$15,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.961,670$16,000
LouisianaHouma3.1640$20,000
LouisianaLafayette2.67830$16,000
LouisianaLake Charles3.22620$15,000
LouisianaMonroe3.58600$16,000
LouisianaNew Orleans1.51,800$17,000
LouisianaShreveport3.051,180$17,000
MaineBangor1.81250$24,000
MaineLewiston1.27130$22,000
MainePortland1.16530$26,000
MarylandBaltimore0.732,280$26,000
MarylandBethesda0.59800$28,000
MarylandCumberland1.95140$19,000
MarylandHagerstown1.56350$21,000
MarylandSalisbury0.8290$23,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town0.94210$31,000
MassachusettsBoston0.662,720$30,000
MassachusettsBrockton0.72140$30,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.63230$30,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.05180$28,000
MassachusettsLawrence0.4860$29,000
MassachusettsLeominster1.04110$28,000
MassachusettsLowell0.86230$28,000
MassachusettsLynn0.72160$31,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford0.97130$27,000
MassachusettsPittsfield0.9670$28,000
MassachusettsSpringfield0.81580$28,000
MassachusettsTaunton1.12110$29,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.13670$26,000
MichiganAnn Arbor0.91360$27,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.8190$25,000
MichiganBay City1.3290$19,000
MichiganDetroit0.931,660$26,000
MichiganFlint1.68550$23,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.92840$26,000
MichiganHolland0.3890$23,000
MichiganJackson1.46170$25,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.37440$24,000
MichiganLansing0.75350$27,000
MichiganMonroe2.22180$24,000
MichiganMuskegon1.36180$23,000
MichiganNiles1.23160$23,000
MichiganSaginaw1.68300$23,000
MichiganWarren0.681,930$25,000
MinnesotaDuluth2.36680$21,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.873,840$28,000
MinnesotaRochester1.32240$26,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.18260$26,000
MississippiGulfport1.8420$21,000
MississippiHattiesburg2.83350$18,000
MississippiJackson1.51890$17,000
MississippiPascagoula3.23290$17,000
MissouriColumbia1.29230$22,000
MissouriJefferson City2.12320$20,000
MissouriJoplin0.82140$20,000
MissouriKansas City1.192,940$22,000
MissouriSpringfield1.34600$20,000
MissouriSt Joseph2.28230$19,000
MissouriSt Louis1.143,750$21,000
MontanaBillings1.3230$20,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.73120$19,000
MontanaMissoula2.03230$19,000
NebraskaLincoln1.41510$21,000
NebraskaOmaha1.171,280$21,000
NevadaCarson City1.3880$27,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.43970$27,000
NevadaReno0.47240$26,000
New HampshireManchester0.72160$29,000
New HampshireNashua0.54170$26,000
New HampshirePortsmouth0.89110$32,000
New HampshireRochester2.16250$27,000
New JerseyAtlantic City0.63200$28,000
New JerseyCamden0.791,010$27,000
New JerseyEdison0.571,410$29,000
New JerseyNewark0.631,540$28,000
New JerseyOcean City1.18100$29,000
New JerseyTrenton0.81410$27,000
New JerseyVineland0.97120$25,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.461,340$19,000
New MexicoFarmington2.58280$19,000
New MexicoLas Cruces2.22280$18,000
New MexicoSanta Fe2.63300$21,000
New YorkAlbany0.84870$26,000
New YorkBinghamton1.63400$22,000
New YorkBuffalo0.811,030$24,000
New YorkElmira1.1790$23,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.32140$24,000
New YorkIthaca1.85150$33,000
New YorkKingston1.1140$27,000
New YorkNassau0.621,870$32,000
New YorkNew York0.617,420$30,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.17660$28,000
New YorkRochester0.881,050$25,000
New YorkSyracuse0.87620$23,000
New YorkUtica1.08310$25,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.02420$21,000
North CarolinaBurlington0.97120$20,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.651,360$21,000
North CarolinaDurham1.08670$22,000
North CarolinaFayetteville0.78210$19,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.95160$19,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.68600$21,000
North CarolinaGreenville1.46220$18,000
North CarolinaHickory0.83320$21,000
North CarolinaJacksonville0.8770$21,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.51620$22,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount0.78100$19,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.26410$20,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem0.65330$22,000
North DakotaBismarck1.7200$21,000
North DakotaFargo0.81210$23,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.92200$23,000
OhioAkron1.641,310$25,000
OhioCanton2.29900$24,000
OhioCincinnati1.824,530$26,000
OhioCleveland1.814,680$25,000
OhioColumbus1.413,140$27,000
OhioDayton1.621,520$25,000
OhioLima2.71310$24,000
OhioMansfield2.72300$24,000
OhioSandusky2.94210$25,000
OhioSpringfield2.65270$23,000
OhioToledo1.741,330$25,000
OhioYoungstown2.541,420$23,000
OklahomaLawton4.89360$21,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.772,400$17,000
OklahomaTulsa1.761,780$18,000
OregonBend0.67100$25,000
OregonCorvallis2.14130$24,000
OregonEugene1.58540$23,000
OregonMedford1.74320$23,000
OregonPortland0.972,430$24,000
OregonSalem1.39470$23,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown0.91720$24,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.91250$22,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.26370$21,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg0.86610$25,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.86230$21,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.23670$24,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.82170$27,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.175,260$25,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.082,980$22,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.22460$24,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.08660$22,000
PennsylvaniaState College1.49190$22,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport2.18230$21,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.19490$23,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.951,330$30,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.82230$16,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.32900$18,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.781,460$20,000
South CarolinaFlorence2.18420$16,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.19860$19,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1.9510$17,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.22340$20,000
South CarolinaSumter2.57180$17,000
South DakotaRapid City1.3170$23,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.76540$22,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.85960$18,000
TennesseeClarksville1.73290$21,000
TennesseeCleveland4.41340$18,000
TennesseeJackson1.83210$18,000
TennesseeJohnson City2.1350$17,000
TennesseeKingsport1.02260$19,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.8630$20,000
TennesseeMemphis1.612,430$19,000
TennesseeMorristown6.26610$15,000
TennesseeNashville1.242,280$20,000
TexasAbilene1.95250$17,000
TexasAmarillo2.17480$18,000
TexasAustin0.711,280$22,000
TexasBeaumont1.53550$17,000
TexasBrownsville1.38380$19,000
TexasCollege Station1.4240$18,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.21480$18,000
TexasDallas0.693,460$19,000
TexasEl Paso1.19720$20,000
TexasFort Worth1.072,140$20,000
TexasHouston0.744,520$21,000
TexasKilleen1.28330$23,000
TexasLaredo2.76480$15,000
TexasLongview1.19240$16,000
TexasLubbock1.77460$20,000
TexasMcallen2.121,030$19,000
TexasMidland1.06140$19,000
TexasOdessa1.05120$17,000
TexasSan Angelo1.26100$19,000
TexasSan Antonio0.861,690$19,000
TexasSherman2.45200$17,000
TexasTexarkana1.63170$16,000
TexasTyler1.1220$18,000
TexasVictoria1.64160$17,000
TexasWaco2.01430$18,000
TexasWichita Falls1.53180$18,000
UtahLogan1.49130$23,000
UtahOgden2.17960$21,000
UtahProvo1.81700$20,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.081,580$22,000
UtahSt George1.46150$23,000
VermontBurlington1.22300$27,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.27150$21,000
VirginiaCharlottesville1.19250$21,000
VirginiaDanville0.8360$22,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.22140$20,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.37310$21,000
VirginiaRichmond0.751,090$22,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.21440$19,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.841,540$26,000
VirginiaWinchester1.88210$18,000
WashingtonBellingham0.87150$26,000
WashingtonBremerton1.21210$29,000
WashingtonKennewick0.84160$26,000
WashingtonLongview0.8860$26,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.46130$25,000
WashingtonOlympia1.14240$29,000
WashingtonSeattle0.592,030$30,000
WashingtonSpokane1.24600$25,000
WashingtonTacoma1.17740$27,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.8150$24,000
WashingtonYakima1.02180$25,000
West VirginiaCharleston2.28760$19,000
West VirginiaHuntington2.66680$20,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.69180$19,000
West VirginiaParkersburg2.15320$21,000
West VirginiaWeirton3.78320$19,000
West VirginiaWheeling2.43340$20,000
WisconsinAppleton1.35350$24,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.84300$23,000
WisconsinFond1.6140$22,000
WisconsinGreen Bay1.13430$25,000
WisconsinJanesville1.81260$23,000
WisconsinLa Crosse2.08320$23,000
WisconsinMadison0.99770$26,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.891,850$25,000
WisconsinOshkosh0.77140$26,000
WisconsinRacine1.72290$21,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.24150$25,000
WisconsinWausau0.89130$23,000
WyomingCasper1.48110$24,000
WyomingCheyenne2.34190$23,000

 

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