Wages & salaries for Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division Wages & salaries for Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division Cooks, fast food (Occupation [OCC] code: 35-2011) in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division (BLS Area code: 23844 ) earned an average wage of $6.75 per hour and an average annual salary of $14,030Gary, IN Metropolitan Division1,890Cooks, fast foodIndustry comparison
Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division earned 12% less than average for Cooks, fast food in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division earned 61% less than the average worker in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division.

State salary comparison
Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division earned 68% less than the average worker in Indiana.

National salary comparison
Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division earned 64% less than the average worker in the United States.

Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan DivisionCooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division

Mean hourly wage:	$6.75
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$5.56
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$5.92
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$6.53
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.35
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$8.58

Cooks, fast food in Gary, IN Metropolitan Division

Mean annual salary:	$14,030
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$11,570
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$12,320
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$13,580
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$15,280
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$17,840