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Cafeteria Cooks
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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 401,000 for cafeteria cooks in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively very high.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 30% of employees work part-time. Approximately 1% of cafeteria cooks work for themselves.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining moderate-term on-the-job training. Government data shows that 5% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 19% of cafeteria cooks. For 77% of workers a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Hinesville (Georgia), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Weirton (West Virginia). Fewer are found in Jacksonville (North Carolina), Holland (Michigan), and Las Vegas (Nevada).
Cafeteria cooks earn higher incomes in El Centro (California), Fairbanks (Alaska), and Hanford (California), and lower incomes in Alexandria (Louisiana), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Warner Robins (Georgia).
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Cafeteria Cooks: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Cafeteria Cooks, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Cafeteria Cooks are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Cafeteria Cooks are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 130 $17,830 1.3 Alabama Auburn 150 $16,740 1.6 Alabama Birmingham 1,780 $18,660 1.4 Alabama Decatur 190 $16,870 1.6 Alabama Dothan 240 $17,050 1.9 Alabama Florence 290 $18,850 2.7Alabama Gadsden 270 $15,600 3.9Alabama Huntsville 670 $17,840 1.4 Alabama Mobile 590 $17,770 1.4 Alabama Montgomery 570 $17,530 1.4 Alabama Tuscaloosa 370 $19,290 1.8 Alaska Anchorage 420 $36,310 1.1 Alaska Fairbanks 70 $37,510 1.1 Arizona Flagstaff 150 $25,890 1.3 Arizona Kingman 160 $23,040 1.5 Arizona Phoenix 2,940 $24,460 0.6 Arizona Prescott 320 $24,770 2.4Arizona Tucson 780 $24,630 0.9 Arizona Yuma 140 $25,290 1.1 Arkansas Fayetteville 930 $20,770 2Arkansas Fort Smith 650 $18,380 2.4Arkansas Hot Springs 270 $18,660 3.5Arkansas Jonesboro 270 $16,330 2.6Arkansas Little Rock 1,450 $20,090 1.8 Arkansas Pine Bluff 290 $17,120 4.3California Bakersfield 660 $31,610 1 California Chico 230 $24,340 1.5 California El Centro 100 $35,850 0.9 California Fresno 510 $25,060 0.6 California Hanford 180 $33,690 3.1California Madera 230 $32,180 3.1California Merced 270 $26,810 2.2California Modesto 280 $27,610 0.7 California Napa 50 $31,640 0.4 California Oakland 1,130 $31,870 0.4 California Oxnard 480 $27,980 0.7 California Redding 340 $27,080 2.3California Riverside 2,590 $26,060 0.8 California Sacramento 1,780 $28,950 0.8 California Salinas 350 $32,320 1 California San Diego 1,900 $27,090 0.6 California San Francisco 1,500 $34,360 0.6 California San Jose 1,280 $29,810 0.6 California San Luis Obispo 200 $28,920 0.9 California Santa Ana 1,540 $28,560 0.4 California Santa Cruz 210 $26,740 1.1 California Santa Rosa 370 $28,820 0.9 California Stockton 360 $28,580 0.7 California Vallejo 340 $33,440 1.2 California Visalia 360 $20,350 1.2 California Yuba City 110 $29,420 1.4 Colorado Boulder 250 $28,120 0.7 Colorado Colorado Springs 470 $25,530 0.8 Colorado Denver 2,110 $26,600 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 310 $25,230 1.1 Colorado Grand Junction 160 $25,340 1.3 Colorado Greeley 250 $20,160 1.5 Colorado Pueblo 180 $23,200 1.6 Connecticut Bridgeport 820 $31,110 0.8 Connecticut Danbury 160 $33,100 1 Connecticut Hartford 1,360 $30,720 1 Connecticut New Haven 620 $34,820 0.9 Connecticut Norwich 800 $25,560 2.8Connecticut Waterbury 140 $27,900 0.9 Delaware Dover 100 $30,200 0.9 Delaware Wilmington 530 $28,540 0.7 District of Columbia Washington 3,780 $27,900 0.7 Florida Cape Coral 330 $25,980 0.7 Florida Deltona 330 $23,830 0.9 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,240 $25,460 0.7 Florida Fort Walton Beach 110 $25,910 0.7 Florida Gainesville 210 $21,810 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 870 $22,850 0.6 Florida Lakeland 320 $23,670 0.7 Florida Miami 1,840 $26,600 0.8 Florida Naples 230 $27,520 0.8 Florida Ocala 130 $23,790 0.6 Florida Orlando 1,450 $21,620 0.6 Florida Palm Bay 500 $22,880 1.1 Florida Panama City 330 $26,420 2.2Florida Pensacola 230 $23,250 0.7 Florida Port St Lucie 230 $23,150 0.8 Florida Punta Gorda 130 $23,950 1.6 Florida Sarasota 630 $24,090 1 Florida Sebastian 130 $29,320 1.3 Florida Tallahassee 380 $22,050 1 Florida Tampa 1,600 $24,260 0.5 Florida West Palm Beach 650 $26,660 0.5 Georgia Albany 340 $20,880 2.6Georgia Athens 170 $20,710 1 Georgia Atlanta 4,580 $20,880 0.8 Georgia Augusta 700 $21,430 1.4 Georgia Brunswick 340 $17,100 3.8Georgia Columbus 610 $19,710 2.5Georgia Dalton 170 $16,920 1 Georgia Gainesville 170 $21,750 1.1 Georgia Hinesville 230 $25,050 9.6Georgia Macon 320 $17,380 1.4 Georgia Savannah 320 $20,770 0.9 Georgia Valdosta 140 $18,390 1.2 Georgia Warner Robins 220 $15,500 2.1Hawaii Honolulu 720 $31,890 0.7 Idaho Boise 960 $23,540 1.5 Idaho Coeur Dalene 160 $19,230 1.4 Idaho Idaho Falls 90 $20,010 0.9 Idaho Lewiston 70 $22,740 1.6 Idaho Pocatello 60 $23,250 1 Illinois Bloomington 350 $23,150 2.3Illinois Champaign 390 $23,860 1.9 Illinois Chicago 7,690 $25,460 0.8 Illinois Danville 60 $25,110 1.2 Illinois Decatur 170 $22,450 1.7 Illinois Kankakee 210 $22,090 2.7Illinois Peoria 660 $21,500 1.7 Illinois Rockford 290 $23,010 0.8 Illinois Springfield 280 $22,100 1.2 Indiana Anderson 170 $18,860 2.1Indiana Bloomington 430 $22,200 2.9Indiana Columbus 120 $21,190 1.4 Indiana Elkhart 350 $21,370 1.2 Indiana Evansville 540 $21,430 1.3 Indiana Fort Wayne 590 $20,580 1.2 Indiana Gary 990 $21,240 1.5 Indiana Indianapolis 2,330 $22,520 1.1 Indiana Kokomo 170 $21,920 2.3Indiana Lafayette 420 $21,890 2.5Indiana Michigan City 170 $23,230 1.9 Indiana Muncie 240 $20,760 2.5Indiana South Bend 440 $21,440 1.4 Indiana Terre Haute 280 $20,450 1.8 Iowa Ames 280 $26,530 3.6Iowa Cedar Rapids 490 $22,220 1.6 Iowa Davenport 550 $20,880 1.3 Iowa Des Moines 840 $24,060 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 210 $22,640 1.9 Iowa Iowa City 330 $26,960 2.1Iowa Sioux City 350 $21,220 2.2Iowa Waterloo 420 $21,710 2.2Kansas Lawrence 270 $22,560 2.8Kansas Topeka 430 $22,180 1.7 Kansas Wichita 1,130 $20,910 1.5 Kentucky Bowling Green 300 $21,040 2.4Kentucky Elizabethtown 300 $22,430 3.3Kentucky Lexington 1,040 $24,240 1.8 Kentucky Louisville 2,050 $22,480 1.4 Kentucky Owensboro 290 $21,350 2.8Louisiana Alexandria 430 $15,870 3.3Louisiana Baton Rouge 1,960 $16,770 2.2Louisiana Houma 530 $17,480 2.5Louisiana Lafayette 640 $17,680 1.9 Louisiana Lake Charles 580 $15,310 3Louisiana Monroe 580 $16,010 3.4Louisiana New Orleans 1,940 $18,310 1.6 Louisiana Shreveport 1,200 $17,010 2.9Maine Bangor 260 $24,970 1.9 Maine Lewiston 160 $24,630 1.5 Maine Portland 550 $27,040 1.2 Maryland Baltimore 2,160 $27,840 0.7 Maryland Bethesda 920 $29,480 0.7 Maryland Cumberland 150 $20,420 2.1Maryland Hagerstown 350 $22,680 1.6 Maryland Salisbury 120 $22,440 1.1 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 220 $32,480 1 Massachusetts Boston 2,790 $30,990 0.7 Massachusetts Brockton 200 $32,580 1 Massachusetts Framingham 230 $31,050 0.6 Massachusetts Haverhill 210 $30,090 1.2 Massachusetts Lawrence 80 $29,520 0.7 Massachusetts Leominster 100 $29,180 0.9 Massachusetts Lowell 150 $29,450 0.5 Massachusetts New Bedford 150 $27,930 1.1 Massachusetts Pittsfield 60 $29,160 0.9 Massachusetts Springfield 600 $27,680 0.8 Massachusetts Taunton 90 $32,790 0.9 Massachusetts Worcester 610 $27,100 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 370 $27,700 1 Michigan Battle Creek 230 $25,610 2.2Michigan Bay City 100 $21,040 1.4 Michigan Detroit 1,570 $26,390 0.9 Michigan Flint 420 $24,610 1.3 Michigan Grand Rapids 1,080 $27,260 1.2 Michigan Holland 80 $23,700 0.3 Michigan Jackson 200 $27,200 1.8 Michigan Kalamazoo 470 $23,880 1.5 Michigan Lansing 500 $27,180 1.1 Michigan Monroe 160 $24,280 2 Michigan Muskegon 170 $24,010 1.3 Michigan Niles 170 $25,070 1.3 Michigan Saginaw 260 $26,380 1.5 Michigan Warren 1,920 $25,700 0.7 Minnesota Duluth 730 $21,500 2.5Minnesota Minneapolis 4,220 $28,410 1 Minnesota Rochester 230 $28,790 1.1 Minnesota St Cloud 270 $25,170 1.2 Mississippi Gulfport 530 $21,510 2.1Mississippi Hattiesburg 420 $17,400 3.4Mississippi Jackson 950 $17,870 1.6 Mississippi Pascagoula 250 $17,920 2.5Missouri Columbia 220 $22,570 1.2 Missouri Jefferson City 280 $19,930 1.9 Missouri Joplin 140 $20,150 0.8 Missouri Kansas City 3,270 $22,630 1.3 Missouri Springfield 510 $20,420 1.1 Missouri St Joseph 240 $19,140 2.3Missouri St Louis 3,140 $21,860 0.9 Montana Billings 170 $21,440 0.9 Montana Great Falls 100 $19,650 1.4 Montana Missoula 230 $19,060 2.1Nebraska Lincoln 450 $22,370 1.2 Nebraska Omaha 1,270 $22,620 1.1 Nevada Carson City 70 $25,210 1.3 Nevada Las Vegas 740 $28,330 0.3 Nevada Reno 260 $26,890 0.5 New Hampshire Manchester 190 $28,530 0.8 New Hampshire Nashua 270 $25,740 0.8 New Hampshire Portsmouth 60 $28,930 0.5 New Hampshire Rochester 170 $26,730 1.4 New Jersey Atlantic City 230 $26,850 0.7 New Jersey Camden 1,330 $25,490 1 New Jersey Edison 1,390 $30,140 0.6 New Jersey Newark 1,770 $27,650 0.7 New Jersey Ocean City 100 $27,200 1.2 New Jersey Trenton 420 $26,720 0.8 New Jersey Vineland 120 $28,920 1 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,500 $20,060 1.6 New Mexico Farmington 270 $20,670 2.4New Mexico Las Cruces 250 $19,470 1.9 New Mexico Santa Fe 180 $23,870 1.3 New York Albany 1,000 $26,970 0.9 New York Binghamton 410 $22,680 1.7 New York Buffalo 1,130 $24,310 0.9 New York Elmira 70 $28,300 1 New York Glens Falls 150 $26,270 1.3 New York Ithaca 180 $35,760 2New York Kingston 190 $27,540 1.5 New York Nassau 1,980 $31,950 0.6 New York New York 8,000 $30,640 0.6 New York Poughkeepsie 760 $28,480 1.3 New York Rochester 1,110 $25,910 0.9 New York Syracuse 580 $26,150 0.8 New York Utica 340 $26,300 1.2 North Carolina Asheville 410 $22,100 1 North Carolina Burlington 120 $21,640 0.9 North Carolina Charlotte 1,550 $21,580 0.7 North Carolina Durham 600 $22,370 0.9 North Carolina Fayetteville 350 $21,120 1.3 North Carolina Goldsboro 130 $19,150 1.7 North Carolina Greensboro 570 $23,240 0.6 North Carolina Greenville 180 $18,770 1.2 North Carolina Hickory 310 $21,220 0.8 North Carolina Jacksonville 30 $25,930 0.4 North Carolina Raleigh 580 $23,540 0.5 North Carolina Rocky Mount 130 $19,670 1 North Carolina Wilmington 330 $20,600 1 North Carolina Winston Salem 320 $23,150 0.6 North Dakota Bismarck 230 $20,560 1.9 North Dakota Fargo 230 $24,090 0.9 North Dakota Grand Forks 180 $23,030 1.8 Ohio Akron 1,250 $26,010 1.5 Ohio Canton 780 $24,480 1.9 Ohio Cincinnati 4,410 $26,200 1.7 Ohio Cleveland 4,030 $26,710 1.6 Ohio Columbus 3,010 $28,030 1.3 Ohio Dayton 1,390 $25,940 1.5 Ohio Lima 300 $24,230 2.7Ohio Mansfield 260 $23,250 2.4Ohio Sandusky 200 $26,990 2.8Ohio Springfield 280 $24,720 2.8Ohio Toledo 1,230 $25,320 1.6 Ohio Youngstown 1,120 $24,060 2Oklahoma Lawton 370 $22,550 4.9Oklahoma Oklahoma City 2,400 $18,090 1.7 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,750 $18,850 1.7 Oregon Bend 140 $24,150 0.9 Oregon Corvallis 130 $23,600 2.1Oregon Eugene 510 $23,500 1.5 Oregon Medford 280 $23,890 1.5 Oregon Portland 2,440 $25,550 1 Oregon Salem 490 $22,820 1.4 Pennsylvania Allentown 910 $23,590 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 250 $23,220 1.9 Pennsylvania Erie 410 $22,530 1.4 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 650 $23,890 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 160 $23,110 1.3 Pennsylvania Lancaster 620 $25,150 1.1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 150 $28,120 1.5 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5,410 $26,860 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 3,380 $22,600 1.2 Pennsylvania Reading 470 $24,030 1.2 Pennsylvania Scranton 820 $23,400 1.3 Pennsylvania State College 160 $23,960 1.3 Pennsylvania Williamsport 150 $23,010 1.4 Pennsylvania York 430 $24,370 1 Rhode Island Providence 1,210 $30,730 0.9 South Carolina Anderson 270 $17,590 2.1South Carolina Charleston 760 $19,410 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 1,290 $20,200 1.5 South Carolina Florence 380 $17,170 2South Carolina Myrtle Beach 610 $20,400 2.3South Carolina Spartanburg 280 $21,000 1 South Carolina Sumter 160 $17,330 2.3South Dakota Rapid City 190 $24,080 1.4 South Dakota Sioux Falls 570 $22,760 1.8 Tennessee Chattanooga 630 $20,110 1.1 Tennessee Clarksville 360 $22,380 2.2Tennessee Cleveland 300 $18,520 4.2Tennessee Jackson 490 $18,180 4Tennessee Kingsport 430 $18,780 1.7 Tennessee Knoxville 1,240 $22,290 1.5 Tennessee Memphis 1,630 $20,140 1.1 Tennessee Morristown 360 $16,530 3.7Tennessee Nashville 3,390 $20,130 1.8 Texas Abilene 290 $17,360 2.2Texas Amarillo 430 $18,650 1.9 Texas Austin 1,280 $22,850 0.7 Texas Beaumont 600 $20,000 1.6 Texas Brownsville 460 $18,630 1.6 Texas College Station 180 $18,080 1.1 Texas Corpus Christi 440 $18,890 1.1 Texas Dallas 3,460 $21,520 0.7 Texas El Paso 710 $20,230 1.1 Texas Fort Worth 2,120 $20,040 1 Texas Houston 3,940 $21,160 0.6 Texas Killeen 350 $18,840 1.3 Texas Laredo 250 $17,760 1.4 Texas Longview 240 $16,810 1.1 Texas Lubbock 330 $20,480 1.2 Texas Mcallen 900 $20,070 1.7 Texas Midland 290 $20,350 2Texas Odessa 110 $18,920 0.9 Texas San Angelo 100 $19,280 1.2 Texas San Antonio 1,910 $20,070 0.9 Texas Sherman 270 $16,440 3.3Texas Texarkana 130 $17,500 1.1 Texas Tyler 170 $19,190 0.8 Texas Victoria 180 $16,930 1.8 Texas Waco 340 $17,630 1.6 Texas Wichita Falls 190 $17,880 1.5 Utah Ogden 780 $21,210 1.7 Utah Provo 820 $20,910 2.1Utah Salt Lake City 1,500 $23,820 1 Utah St George 150 $22,860 1.5 Vermont Burlington 420 $26,590 1.7 Virginia Blacksburg 180 $21,180 1.4 Virginia Charlottesville 250 $21,100 1.2 Virginia Danville 80 $21,980 1.1 Virginia Harrisonburg 120 $22,510 1 Virginia Lynchburg 240 $22,460 1.1 Virginia Richmond 1,070 $23,330 0.7 Virginia Roanoke 300 $22,540 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 1,770 $26,250 1 Virginia Winchester 180 $19,600 1.6 Washington Bellingham 200 $25,160 1.1 Washington Bremerton 240 $29,760 1.3 Washington Kennewick 170 $25,370 0.9 Washington Longview 90 $27,800 1.4 Washington Mount Vernon 220 $24,890 2.4Washington Olympia 290 $26,290 1.4 Washington Seattle 2,430 $29,990 0.7 Washington Spokane 630 $25,030 1.3 Washington Tacoma 850 $29,590 1.3 Washington Wenatchee 180 $26,320 2.2Washington Yakima 240 $25,940 1.4 West Virginia Charleston 720 $19,400 2.1West Virginia Huntington 680 $21,300 2.6West Virginia Morgantown 210 $20,300 2.2West Virginia Parkersburg 350 $20,300 2.3West Virginia Weirton 380 $18,540 4.4West Virginia Wheeling 340 $20,290 2.5Wisconsin Appleton 280 $25,110 1.1 Wisconsin Eau Claire 410 $23,600 2.4Wisconsin Fond 120 $23,570 1.3 Wisconsin Green Bay 440 $26,200 1.1 Wisconsin Janesville 290 $23,190 2.1Wisconsin La Crosse 420 $23,390 2.8Wisconsin Madison 830 $26,300 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,700 $25,050 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 170 $25,860 0.9 Wisconsin Racine 250 $22,440 1.5 Wisconsin Sheboygan 160 $24,830 1.3 Wisconsin Wausau 170 $22,380 1.2 Wyoming Casper 130 $24,340 1.7 Wyoming Cheyenne 250 $22,010 2.8
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