Food Cooks Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

There are an estimated 16,000 food cooks nationally. Most recently, workers have experienced a very high level of joblessness. An estimated 9% of employees did not have employment in 2006.

Flexibility

Food cooks, in about 1% of cases, work for themselves. Workers employed part-time are 30% of the total.

Education

Employees often find employers are looking for moderate-term on-the-job training. Food cooks, in 5% of cases, have bachelor's degree or higher. After high school, 19% of workers pursued some additional career education. Employees, in 77% of cases, had only a high school education.

Local Outlook

Food cooks -of-a-feather seem to flock to Houma (Louisiana), Montgomery (Alabama), and Fresno (California). They are less likely to be found around Orlando (Florida), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), and Atlanta (Georgia). Compensation of workers is best in Bridgeport (Connecticut), Baltimore (Maryland), and Charlottesville (Virginia), and much worse in Davenport (Iowa), Akron (Ohio), and Houston (Texas).

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

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