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Cafeteria Cooks

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 401,000 cafeteria cooks in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is very high when compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

30% of employees work on a part-time basis. 1% of the time, people working as cafeteria cooks are their own boss.

Training and Education

If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having moderate-term on-the-job training. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 5%. According to 2008 data 19% of cafeteria cooks have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 77% have a high-school diploma, but no college education. 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

Jobs for this occupation are most common in Hinesville (Georgia), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Weirton (West Virginia), but are rarer in Jacksonville (North Carolina), Holland (Michigan), and Las Vegas (Nevada).

Cafeteria cooks are paid comparatively more in El Centro (California), Fairbanks (Alaska), and Hanford (California) and comparatively less 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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston130$17,8301.3
AlabamaAuburn150$16,7401.6
AlabamaBirmingham1,780$18,6601.4
AlabamaDecatur190$16,8701.6
AlabamaDothan240$17,0501.9
AlabamaFlorence290$18,850 2.7
AlabamaGadsden270$15,600 3.9
AlabamaHuntsville670$17,8401.4
AlabamaMobile590$17,7701.4
AlabamaMontgomery570$17,5301.4
AlabamaTuscaloosa370$19,2901.8
AlaskaAnchorage420$36,3101.1
AlaskaFairbanks70$37,5101.1
ArizonaFlagstaff150$25,8901.3
ArizonaKingman160$23,0401.5
ArizonaPhoenix2,940$24,4600.6
ArizonaPrescott320$24,770 2.4
ArizonaTucson780$24,6300.9
ArizonaYuma140$25,2901.1
ArkansasFayetteville930$20,770 2
ArkansasFort Smith650$18,380 2.4
ArkansasHot Springs270$18,660 3.5
ArkansasJonesboro270$16,330 2.6
ArkansasLittle Rock1,450$20,0901.8
ArkansasPine Bluff290$17,120 4.3
CaliforniaBakersfield660$31,6101
CaliforniaChico230$24,3401.5
CaliforniaEl Centro100$35,8500.9
CaliforniaFresno510$25,0600.6
CaliforniaHanford180$33,690 3.1
CaliforniaMadera230$32,180 3.1
CaliforniaMerced270$26,810 2.2
CaliforniaModesto280$27,6100.7
CaliforniaNapa50$31,6400.4
CaliforniaOakland1,130$31,8700.4
CaliforniaOxnard480$27,9800.7
CaliforniaRedding340$27,080 2.3
CaliforniaRiverside2,590$26,0600.8
CaliforniaSacramento1,780$28,9500.8
CaliforniaSalinas350$32,3201
CaliforniaSan Diego1,900$27,0900.6
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,500$34,3600.6
CaliforniaSan Jose1,280$29,8100.6
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo200$28,9200.9
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,540$28,5600.4
CaliforniaSanta Cruz210$26,7401.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa370$28,8200.9
CaliforniaStockton360$28,5800.7
CaliforniaVallejo340$33,4401.2
CaliforniaVisalia360$20,3501.2
CaliforniaYuba City110$29,4201.4
ColoradoBoulder250$28,1200.7
ColoradoColorado Springs470$25,5300.8
ColoradoDenver2,110$26,6000.7
ColoradoFort Collins310$25,2301.1
ColoradoGrand Junction160$25,3401.3
ColoradoGreeley250$20,1601.5
ColoradoPueblo180$23,2001.6
ConnecticutBridgeport820$31,1100.8
ConnecticutDanbury160$33,1001
ConnecticutHartford1,360$30,7201
ConnecticutNew Haven620$34,8200.9
ConnecticutNorwich800$25,560 2.8
ConnecticutWaterbury140$27,9000.9
DelawareDover100$30,2000.9
DelawareWilmington530$28,5400.7
District of ColumbiaWashington3,780$27,9000.7
FloridaCape Coral330$25,9800.7
FloridaDeltona330$23,8300.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,240$25,4600.7
FloridaFort Walton Beach110$25,9100.7
FloridaGainesville210$21,8100.8
FloridaJacksonville870$22,8500.6
FloridaLakeland320$23,6700.7
FloridaMiami1,840$26,6000.8
FloridaNaples230$27,5200.8
FloridaOcala130$23,7900.6
FloridaOrlando1,450$21,6200.6
FloridaPalm Bay500$22,8801.1
FloridaPanama City330$26,420 2.2
FloridaPensacola230$23,2500.7
FloridaPort St Lucie230$23,1500.8
FloridaPunta Gorda130$23,9501.6
FloridaSarasota630$24,0901
FloridaSebastian130$29,3201.3
FloridaTallahassee380$22,0501
FloridaTampa1,600$24,2600.5
FloridaWest Palm Beach650$26,6600.5
GeorgiaAlbany340$20,880 2.6
GeorgiaAthens170$20,7101
GeorgiaAtlanta4,580$20,8800.8
GeorgiaAugusta700$21,4301.4
GeorgiaBrunswick340$17,100 3.8
GeorgiaColumbus610$19,710 2.5
GeorgiaDalton170$16,9201
GeorgiaGainesville170$21,7501.1
GeorgiaHinesville230$25,050 9.6
GeorgiaMacon320$17,3801.4
GeorgiaSavannah320$20,7700.9
GeorgiaValdosta140$18,3901.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins220$15,500 2.1
HawaiiHonolulu720$31,8900.7
IdahoBoise960$23,5401.5
IdahoCoeur Dalene160$19,2301.4
IdahoIdaho Falls90$20,0100.9
IdahoLewiston70$22,7401.6
IdahoPocatello60$23,2501
IllinoisBloomington350$23,150 2.3
IllinoisChampaign390$23,8601.9
IllinoisChicago7,690$25,4600.8
IllinoisDanville60$25,1101.2
IllinoisDecatur170$22,4501.7
IllinoisKankakee210$22,090 2.7
IllinoisPeoria660$21,5001.7
IllinoisRockford290$23,0100.8
IllinoisSpringfield280$22,1001.2
IndianaAnderson170$18,860 2.1
IndianaBloomington430$22,200 2.9
IndianaColumbus120$21,1901.4
IndianaElkhart350$21,3701.2
IndianaEvansville540$21,4301.3
IndianaFort Wayne590$20,5801.2
IndianaGary990$21,2401.5
IndianaIndianapolis2,330$22,5201.1
IndianaKokomo170$21,920 2.3
IndianaLafayette420$21,890 2.5
IndianaMichigan City170$23,2301.9
IndianaMuncie240$20,760 2.5
IndianaSouth Bend440$21,4401.4
IndianaTerre Haute280$20,4501.8
IowaAmes280$26,530 3.6
IowaCedar Rapids490$22,2201.6
IowaDavenport550$20,8801.3
IowaDes Moines840$24,0601.1
IowaDubuque210$22,6401.9
IowaIowa City330$26,960 2.1
IowaSioux City350$21,220 2.2
IowaWaterloo420$21,710 2.2
KansasLawrence270$22,560 2.8
KansasTopeka430$22,1801.7
KansasWichita1,130$20,9101.5
KentuckyBowling Green300$21,040 2.4
KentuckyElizabethtown300$22,430 3.3
KentuckyLexington1,040$24,2401.8
KentuckyLouisville2,050$22,4801.4
KentuckyOwensboro290$21,350 2.8
LouisianaAlexandria430$15,870 3.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,960$16,770 2.2
LouisianaHouma530$17,480 2.5
LouisianaLafayette640$17,6801.9
LouisianaLake Charles580$15,310 3
LouisianaMonroe580$16,010 3.4
LouisianaNew Orleans1,940$18,3101.6
LouisianaShreveport1,200$17,010 2.9
MaineBangor260$24,9701.9
MaineLewiston160$24,6301.5
MainePortland550$27,0401.2
MarylandBaltimore2,160$27,8400.7
MarylandBethesda920$29,4800.7
MarylandCumberland150$20,420 2.1
MarylandHagerstown350$22,6801.6
MarylandSalisbury120$22,4401.1
MassachusettsBarnstable Town220$32,4801
MassachusettsBoston2,790$30,9900.7
MassachusettsBrockton200$32,5801
MassachusettsFramingham230$31,0500.6
MassachusettsHaverhill210$30,0901.2
MassachusettsLawrence80$29,5200.7
MassachusettsLeominster100$29,1800.9
MassachusettsLowell150$29,4500.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford150$27,9301.1
MassachusettsPittsfield60$29,1600.9
MassachusettsSpringfield600$27,6800.8
MassachusettsTaunton90$32,7900.9
MassachusettsWorcester610$27,1001
MichiganAnn Arbor370$27,7001
MichiganBattle Creek230$25,610 2.2
MichiganBay City100$21,0401.4
MichiganDetroit1,570$26,3900.9
MichiganFlint420$24,6101.3
MichiganGrand Rapids1,080$27,2601.2
MichiganHolland80$23,7000.3
MichiganJackson200$27,2001.8
MichiganKalamazoo470$23,8801.5
MichiganLansing500$27,1801.1
MichiganMonroe160$24,2802
MichiganMuskegon170$24,0101.3
MichiganNiles170$25,0701.3
MichiganSaginaw260$26,3801.5
MichiganWarren1,920$25,7000.7
MinnesotaDuluth730$21,500 2.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,220$28,4101
MinnesotaRochester230$28,7901.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud270$25,1701.2
MississippiGulfport530$21,510 2.1
MississippiHattiesburg420$17,400 3.4
MississippiJackson950$17,8701.6
MississippiPascagoula250$17,920 2.5
MissouriColumbia220$22,5701.2
MissouriJefferson City280$19,9301.9
MissouriJoplin140$20,1500.8
MissouriKansas City3,270$22,6301.3
MissouriSpringfield510$20,4201.1
MissouriSt Joseph240$19,140 2.3
MissouriSt Louis3,140$21,8600.9
MontanaBillings170$21,4400.9
MontanaGreat Falls100$19,6501.4
MontanaMissoula230$19,060 2.1
NebraskaLincoln450$22,3701.2
NebraskaOmaha1,270$22,6201.1
NevadaCarson City70$25,2101.3
NevadaLas Vegas740$28,3300.3
NevadaReno260$26,8900.5
New HampshireManchester190$28,5300.8
New HampshireNashua270$25,7400.8
New HampshirePortsmouth60$28,9300.5
New HampshireRochester170$26,7301.4
New JerseyAtlantic City230$26,8500.7
New JerseyCamden1,330$25,4901
New JerseyEdison1,390$30,1400.6
New JerseyNewark1,770$27,6500.7
New JerseyOcean City100$27,2001.2
New JerseyTrenton420$26,7200.8
New JerseyVineland120$28,9201
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,500$20,0601.6
New MexicoFarmington270$20,670 2.4
New MexicoLas Cruces250$19,4701.9
New MexicoSanta Fe180$23,8701.3
New YorkAlbany1,000$26,9700.9
New YorkBinghamton410$22,6801.7
New YorkBuffalo1,130$24,3100.9
New YorkElmira70$28,3001
New YorkGlens Falls150$26,2701.3
New YorkIthaca180$35,760 2
New YorkKingston190$27,5401.5
New YorkNassau1,980$31,9500.6
New YorkNew York8,000$30,6400.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie760$28,4801.3
New YorkRochester1,110$25,9100.9
New YorkSyracuse580$26,1500.8
New YorkUtica340$26,3001.2
North CarolinaAsheville410$22,1001
North CarolinaBurlington120$21,6400.9
North CarolinaCharlotte1,550$21,5800.7
North CarolinaDurham600$22,3700.9
North CarolinaFayetteville350$21,1201.3
North CarolinaGoldsboro130$19,1501.7
North CarolinaGreensboro570$23,2400.6
North CarolinaGreenville180$18,7701.2
North CarolinaHickory310$21,2200.8
North CarolinaJacksonville30$25,9300.4
North CarolinaRaleigh580$23,5400.5
North CarolinaRocky Mount130$19,6701
North CarolinaWilmington330$20,6001
North CarolinaWinston Salem320$23,1500.6
North DakotaBismarck230$20,5601.9
North DakotaFargo230$24,0900.9
North DakotaGrand Forks180$23,0301.8
OhioAkron1,250$26,0101.5
OhioCanton780$24,4801.9
OhioCincinnati4,410$26,2001.7
OhioCleveland4,030$26,7101.6
OhioColumbus3,010$28,0301.3
OhioDayton1,390$25,9401.5
OhioLima300$24,230 2.7
OhioMansfield260$23,250 2.4
OhioSandusky200$26,990 2.8
OhioSpringfield280$24,720 2.8
OhioToledo1,230$25,3201.6
OhioYoungstown1,120$24,060 2
OklahomaLawton370$22,550 4.9
OklahomaOklahoma City2,400$18,0901.7
OklahomaTulsa1,750$18,8501.7
OregonBend140$24,1500.9
OregonCorvallis130$23,600 2.1
OregonEugene510$23,5001.5
OregonMedford280$23,8901.5
OregonPortland2,440$25,5501
OregonSalem490$22,8201.4
PennsylvaniaAllentown910$23,5901.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona250$23,2201.9
PennsylvaniaErie410$22,5301.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg650$23,8900.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown160$23,1101.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster620$25,1501.1
PennsylvaniaLebanon150$28,1201.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,410$26,8601.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,380$22,6001.2
PennsylvaniaReading470$24,0301.2
PennsylvaniaScranton820$23,4001.3
PennsylvaniaState College160$23,9601.3
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport150$23,0101.4
PennsylvaniaYork430$24,3701
Rhode IslandProvidence1,210$30,7300.9
South CarolinaAnderson270$17,590 2.1
South CarolinaCharleston760$19,4101.1
South CarolinaColumbia1,290$20,2001.5
South CarolinaFlorence380$17,170 2
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach610$20,400 2.3
South CarolinaSpartanburg280$21,0001
South CarolinaSumter160$17,330 2.3
South DakotaRapid City190$24,0801.4
South DakotaSioux Falls570$22,7601.8
TennesseeChattanooga630$20,1101.1
TennesseeClarksville360$22,380 2.2
TennesseeCleveland300$18,520 4.2
TennesseeJackson490$18,180 4
TennesseeKingsport430$18,7801.7
TennesseeKnoxville1,240$22,2901.5
TennesseeMemphis1,630$20,1401.1
TennesseeMorristown360$16,530 3.7
TennesseeNashville3,390$20,1301.8
TexasAbilene290$17,360 2.2
TexasAmarillo430$18,6501.9
TexasAustin1,280$22,8500.7
TexasBeaumont600$20,0001.6
TexasBrownsville460$18,6301.6
TexasCollege Station180$18,0801.1
TexasCorpus Christi440$18,8901.1
TexasDallas3,460$21,5200.7
TexasEl Paso710$20,2301.1
TexasFort Worth2,120$20,0401
TexasHouston3,940$21,1600.6
TexasKilleen350$18,8401.3
TexasLaredo250$17,7601.4
TexasLongview240$16,8101.1
TexasLubbock330$20,4801.2
TexasMcallen900$20,0701.7
TexasMidland290$20,350 2
TexasOdessa110$18,9200.9
TexasSan Angelo100$19,2801.2
TexasSan Antonio1,910$20,0700.9
TexasSherman270$16,440 3.3
TexasTexarkana130$17,5001.1
TexasTyler170$19,1900.8
TexasVictoria180$16,9301.8
TexasWaco340$17,6301.6
TexasWichita Falls190$17,8801.5
UtahOgden780$21,2101.7
UtahProvo820$20,910 2.1
UtahSalt Lake City1,500$23,8201
UtahSt George150$22,8601.5
VermontBurlington420$26,5901.7
VirginiaBlacksburg180$21,1801.4
VirginiaCharlottesville250$21,1001.2
VirginiaDanville80$21,9801.1
VirginiaHarrisonburg120$22,5101
VirginiaLynchburg240$22,4601.1
VirginiaRichmond1,070$23,3300.7
VirginiaRoanoke300$22,5400.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,770$26,2501
VirginiaWinchester180$19,6001.6
WashingtonBellingham200$25,1601.1
WashingtonBremerton240$29,7601.3
WashingtonKennewick170$25,3700.9
WashingtonLongview90$27,8001.4
WashingtonMount Vernon220$24,890 2.4
WashingtonOlympia290$26,2901.4
WashingtonSeattle2,430$29,9900.7
WashingtonSpokane630$25,0301.3
WashingtonTacoma850$29,5901.3
WashingtonWenatchee180$26,320 2.2
WashingtonYakima240$25,9401.4
West VirginiaCharleston720$19,400 2.1
West VirginiaHuntington680$21,300 2.6
West VirginiaMorgantown210$20,300 2.2
West VirginiaParkersburg350$20,300 2.3
West VirginiaWeirton380$18,540 4.4
West VirginiaWheeling340$20,290 2.5
WisconsinAppleton280$25,1101.1
WisconsinEau Claire410$23,600 2.4
WisconsinFond120$23,5701.3
WisconsinGreen Bay440$26,2001.1
WisconsinJanesville290$23,190 2.1
WisconsinLa Crosse420$23,390 2.8
WisconsinMadison830$26,3001
WisconsinMilwaukee1,700$25,0500.8
WisconsinOshkosh170$25,8600.9
WisconsinRacine250$22,4401.5
WisconsinSheboygan160$24,8301.3
WisconsinWausau170$22,3801.2
WyomingCasper130$24,3401.7
WyomingCheyenne250$22,010 2.8
 

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