Cooks, All Other
SOC 35-2019 · 2024-2034
All cooks not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $43,946per year
- Projected openings
- 6,420
- Projected change
- +10.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $45,740 | 840 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $44,490 | 60 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $42,783 | 730 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $42,197 | 70 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $39,060 | 210 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $38,021 | 550 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $37,846 | 690 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $37,817 | 2,170 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $36,232 | 120 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 60 |
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $43,351 | 1,105,280 | +9.9% |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $36,994 | 469,390 | +2.8% |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $46,017 | 271,050 | +18.5% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $48,170 | 209,550 | +10.2% |
| Food Preparation Workers | $40,347 | 195,850 | +1% |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $43,115 | 159,630 | -10.3% |
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