Wages & salaries for Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA Wages & salaries for Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA Cooks, restaurant (Occupation [OCC] code: 35-2014) in State College, PA (BLS Area code: 44300 ) earned an average wage of $10.45 per hour and an average annual salary of $21,740State College, PA450Cooks, restaurantIndustry comparison
Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA earned 56% less than average for Cooks, restaurant in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA earned 39% less than the average worker in State College, PA.

State salary comparison
Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA earned 44% less than the average worker in Pennsylvania.

National salary comparison
Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA earned 45% less than the average worker in the United States.

Cooks, restaurant in State College, PACooks, restaurant in State College, PA

Mean hourly wage:	$10.45
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.30
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$8.25
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$9.72
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$11.80
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$16.14

Cooks, restaurant in State College, PA

Mean annual salary:	$21,740
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$15,180
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$17,150
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$20,210
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$24,540
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$33,570