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Restaurant Cooks

Wages & Outlook

Typical Wages

Wages listed below are for a variety of experience and education levels. Make sure that you research the typical entry-level education and work experience and training requirements for this occupation.

This career: $18.45
Statewide median: $24.45

This career pays below the statewide median wage.

Wages for Restaurant Cooks *

Area	Low	Median	High
U S	$14.77	$15.94	$19.38
Minnesota	$15.75	$18.45	$19.74
Central Minnesota	$15.49	$17.55	$19.36
Northeast Minnesota	$15.23	$15.96	$19.10
Northwest Minnesota	$15.37	$15.96	$19.19
Southeast Minnesota	$15.35	$16.07	$19.33
Southwest Minnesota	$15.20	$15.93	$19.03
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	$16.24	$18.81	$20.21

* "Low" indicates 25% of workers earn less and 75% earn more.
"Median" indicates 50% of workers earn less and 50% earn more.
"High" indicates 75% of workers earn less and 25% earn more.

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Employment

In Minnesota, there are 21,410 workers employed in this very large career.

Where do Restaurant Cooks most often work?

Current Demand

This career is currently in very high demand.

Future Demand

This career is seeing very high growth compared to other careers.

There will be a need for about 48,448 new Restaurant Cooks to meet market demand between 2020-2030. This includes the demand due to replacement (workers leaving the occupation or retiring) as well as growth.

Employment Outlook for Restaurant Cooks
Area	Employment		Employment Change
Area	2020	2030	Number	Percent
U S	1,153,200	1,716,700	563,500	48.9%
Minnesota	21,685	31,629	9,944	45.9%
Central Minnesota	2,340	3,430	1,090	46.6%
Northeast Minnesota	1,616	2,314	698	43.2%
Northwest Minnesota	2,016	2,954	938	46.5%
Southeast Minnesota	1,861	2,716	855	45.9%
Southwest Minnesota	1,045	1,578	533	51%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	12,792	18,520	5,728	44.8%

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