Wages & salaries for Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS Wages & salaries for Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS Cooks, restaurant (Occupation [OCC] code: 35-2014) in Jackson, MS (BLS Area code: 27140 ) earned an average wage of $8.61 per hour and an average annual salary of $17,900Jackson, MS1,490Cooks, restaurantIndustry comparison
Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS earned 64% less than average for Cooks, restaurant in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS earned 47% less than the average worker in Jackson, MS.

State salary comparison
Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS earned 41% less than the average worker in Mississippi.

National salary comparison
Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS earned 54% less than the average worker in the United States.

Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MSCooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS

Mean hourly wage:	$8.61
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$6.67
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.51
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$8.40
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$9.69
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$11.00

Cooks, restaurant in Jackson, MS

Mean annual salary:	$17,900
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$13,880
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$15,620
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$17,470
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$20,160
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$22,880