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Career Information for Restaurant Cooks in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Restaurant Cooks in Pennsylvania

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: State College, Johnstown, and Altoona
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lancaster, Reading, and Harrisburg
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton

Salaries for Restaurant Cooks in Pennsylvania

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Philadelphia, Reading, and Pittsburgh. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Cooking And Culinary Schools in Pennsylvania

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Art Of Cooking, Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts Level 1, Culinary Arts Level 2
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Pennsylvania

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Gourmet Cooking And Catering
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Pennsylvania Cooking And Culinary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bidwell Training CenterPittsburghAssociate187
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtownAssociate9,649
Commonwealth Technical InstituteJohnstownAssociate248
Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburghAssociate18,525
Community College of Beaver CountyMonacaAssociate3,194
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaAssociate17,334
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphiaDoctorate20,682
Harrisburg Area Community College-HarrisburgHarrisburgAssociate9,774
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndianaDoctorate14,018
Keystone CollegeLa PlumeBachelor1,796
Mercyhurst CollegeErieMasters4,253
Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehemAssociate7,912
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsportBachelor6,682
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphiaBachelor488
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwoodAssociate6,239
Yorktowne Business InstituteYorkAssociate247

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Restaurant Cooks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Pennsylvania. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Restaurant Cooks

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Restaurant Cooks relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

PENNSYLVANIA

   
State College500$21,6801.5
Johnstown420$22,7501.2
Altoona440$20,4101.2
Erie930$22,5201.2
Scranton1,970$20,1801.1
Pittsburgh8,480$24,1201.1
York1,210$23,3301
Lebanon250$22,2800.9
Williamsport270$19,9900.9
Allentown1,770$23,9300.8
Philadelphia9,700$29,0000.7
Harrisburg1,570$23,6800.7
Reading780$24,7000.7
Lancaster990$21,2700.6
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