Texas Restaurant Cooks: Schools and Careers

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Fast Facts for Restaurant Cooks in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: College Station, Lubbock and San Angelo
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Brownsville, Victoria and Beaumont
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth

Salaries for Restaurant Cooks in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Antonio, Dallas and Wichita Falls
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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity for:
Restaurant Cooks

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

2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov

Metro Area
Jobs
Annual Median Salary
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land29510$26,250
Wichita Falls530$25,480
Corpus Christi2360$24,910
College Station-Bryan1140$23,500
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission1930$23,810
Longview640$23,780
Sherman-Denison460$23,580
Abilene650$25,130
Amarillo1070$25,870
Brownsville-Harlingen1290$20,970
Midland790$27,030
Killeen-Temple730$23,690
Odessa770$27,920
San Angelo370$23,150
San Antonio-New Braunfels10950$25,490
Tyler970$26,410
Austin-Round Rock13350$27,260
Beaumont-Port Arthur1410$25,190
El Paso2940$21,710
Victoria400$23,220
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington32790$27,480
Lubbock1690$25,830
Laredo740$19,880
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