Cooks
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonCooks are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Cooks was N/A in N/A.
The locations that employ the most Cooks are . The locations with a relatively high concentration of Cooks are Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, Los Angeles County (Central)--LA City (Central/Koreatown) PUMA, CA, and Las Vegas City (Southeast) PUMA, NV.
Employment and salary information for the Cooks workforce. Cooks workforce in 2022 was 2,176,481 people, of which 41.2% were women and 58.8% were men. Cooks are paid most in false but are relatively concentrated in Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.
The Cooks workforce in 2022 was 2,176,481 people (41.2% women and 58.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of −2.58% between 2014 (2,234,219) and 2022 (2,176,481).
This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Cooks.
During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($32,650), District of Columbia ($30,141), and Massachusetts ($28,839).
In N/A, Cooks earned an average of N/A, $NaNk less than the average national salary of $64,683
In undefined, Cooks had a wage GINI coefficient of 1, which is higher than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Cooks (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Cooks compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Cooks and on wages for those in the field. Restaurants & Food Services is the industry that employs the most Cooks, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Cooks, by average wage, is N/A (N/A).
This graphic shows the share of Cooks employed by various industries. N/A
Demographic information on Cooks in the US. The workforce of Cooks in 2022 was 2,176,481 people, with 41.2% woman, and 58.8% men. The average age of male Cooks in the workforce is N/A and of female Cooks is N/A, and the most common race/ethnicity for Cooks is White.
The workforce of Cooks in 2022 was 2,176,481 people, with 41.2% woman, and 58.8% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (346,012 people), 16 to 19 years (332,935 people), and 25 to 29 years (248,086 people). Among them they concentrated 42.6% of the total workforce.
In N/A, N/A% of Cooks workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (82.8%), Puerto Rican (9.41)%, and Salvadoran (7.77)%
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In N/A, 52.9% of the Cooks workforce were White, of which NaNk% were women and NaNk% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (16.6%) and Other (12.9%).
Data on higher education choices for Cooks from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Cooks is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Personal & Culinary Services.
Among the necessary skills for Cooks, Service Orientation stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Cooks need more than the average amount of Management of Material Resources.
The most common majors achieved by Cooks in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (24,996 people), Education (10,695 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (7,655 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Cooks workers were High School or Equivalent (882,339 people), Secondary Education (452,117 people), and Some college (442,826 people).
The graphic shows the Cooks workforce by gender and educational level.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Cooks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cooks need many skills, but most especially Service Orientation, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension.
