Cooks, Short Order Salary — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The average Cooks, Short Order in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania earns $29,400 a year.

$29,400 / year, mean
↓ 22.0% below national average 70th percentile in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia pays well above most of Pennsylvania for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's noticeably below the national average for cooks, short order, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,340
Estimate confidence
RSE 12.3%
Cost of living 103 #37 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $390,463 #56 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $89,273 #27 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Philadelphia ranks #37 for cost of living and #56 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $49,560 Corvallis $48,580 San Francisco $46,250 San Jose $45,720 Santa Rosa $45,590 Napa $44,260 Vallejo $44,070 Los Angeles $42,440 Salinas $41,920 Oxnard $41,900 Portland $41,640 Sacramento $41,130 Santa Cruz $41,130 Modesto $40,710 Bellingham $40,670 Yuba City $40,460 Yakima $40,410 San Luis Obispo $40,270 Santa Maria $40,200 San Diego $39,760 Medford $39,490 New York $39,330 Hanford $39,280 Stockton $39,030 Bakersfield $39,020 Chicago $38,980 Rochester $38,940 Chico $38,910 Visalia $38,750 Kiryas Joel $38,690 Fresno $38,560 Kingston $38,400 Merced $38,400 Traverse City $38,400 Trenton $38,320 Baltimore $38,190 Redding $38,160 Riverside $37,950 Ithaca $37,870 Bend $37,860 Naples $37,680 Lexington Park $37,550 Syracuse $37,450 Albany $37,400 Atlantic City $37,080 Lexington $37,030 Spokane $36,980 Muskegon $36,900 Buffalo $36,860 Glens Falls $36,730 Eugene $36,500 Albany $36,410 Miami $36,350 Utica $36,230 Binghamton $36,170 Salem $35,740 Detroit $35,410 Rockford $35,350 Peoria $35,270 Watertown $35,270 Fort Myers $35,230 Sarasota $35,110 Tampa $34,520 Port St. Lucie $34,440 Palm Bay $34,350 Grand Rapids $34,220 Lakeland $34,010 Ann Arbor $33,720 Orlando $33,550 Lansing $33,480 Hagerstown $33,410 Deltona $33,260 Saginaw $33,150 Panama City $33,020 Gainesville $32,930 Pensacola $32,690 Austin $32,440 San Antonio $32,320 Richmond $31,870 Louisville $31,430 Tallahassee $31,430 Virginia Beach $31,430 Winchester $31,350 Allentown $31,330 Staunton $30,570 Midland $30,530 Morgantown $30,440 Roanoke $30,020 Muncie $29,780 Lancaster $29,640 Bowling Green $29,550 Harrisburg $29,450 Philadelphia $29,400 Dallas $29,170 Charleston $28,800 Fort Wayne $28,670 Michigan City $28,550 Williamsport $28,030 Odessa $28,010 Kokomo $27,850 Houston $27,730 Wheeling $27,570 Bloomington $27,400 Huntington $27,160 Chambersburg $27,150 Scranton $26,970 Terre Haute $26,320 Lubbock $26,270 Elkhart $26,210 San Angelo $26,030 Wichita Falls $25,930 Amarillo $25,850 Indianapolis $25,800 Tyler $25,470 Abilene $24,970 Longview $24,820 El Paso $24,680 York $24,410 Erie $23,390 Laredo $23,390 Pittsburgh $20,070
CityMean salaryvs. Philadelphia
Abilene, Texas$24,970-15.1%
Albany, Oregon$37,400+27.2%
Albany, New York$36,410+23.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$31,330+6.6%
Amarillo, Texas$25,850-12.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$33,720+14.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$37,080+26.1%
Austin, Texas$32,440+10.3%
Bakersfield, California$39,020+32.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$38,190+29.9%
Bellingham, Washington$40,670+38.3%
Bend, Oregon$37,860+28.8%
Binghamton, New York$36,170+23.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$27,400-6.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$29,550+0.5%
Buffalo, New York$36,860+25.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$35,230+19.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$27,150-7.7%
Charleston, West Virginia$28,800-2.0%
Chicago, Illinois$38,980+32.6%
Chico, California$38,910+32.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$48,580+65.2%
Dallas, Texas$29,170-0.8%
Deltona, Florida$33,260+13.1%
Detroit, Michigan$35,410+20.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$26,210-10.9%
El Paso, Texas$24,680-16.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$23,390-20.4%
Eugene, Oregon$36,500+24.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$28,670-2.5%
Fresno, California$38,560+31.2%
Gainesville, Florida$32,930+12.0%
Glens Falls, New York$36,730+24.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$34,220+16.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$33,410+13.6%
Hanford, California$39,280+33.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$29,450+0.2%
Houston, Texas$27,730-5.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$27,160-7.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$25,800-12.2%
Ithaca, New York$37,870+28.8%
Kingston, New York$38,400+30.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$38,690+31.6%
Kokomo, Indiana$27,850-5.3%
Lakeland, Florida$34,010+15.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$29,640+0.8%
Lansing, Michigan$33,480+13.9%
Laredo, Texas$23,390-20.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$37,030+26.0%
Lexington Park, Maryland$37,550+27.7%
Longview, Texas$24,820-15.6%
Los Angeles, California$42,440+44.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$31,430+6.9%
Lubbock, Texas$26,270-10.6%
Medford, Oregon$39,490+34.3%
Merced, California$38,400+30.6%
Miami, Florida$36,350+23.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$28,550-2.9%
Midland, Texas$30,530+3.8%
Modesto, California$40,710+38.5%
Morgantown, West Virginia$30,440+3.5%
Muncie, Indiana$29,780+1.3%
Muskegon, Michigan$36,900+25.5%
Napa, California$44,260+50.5%
Naples, Florida$37,680+28.2%
New York, New York$39,330+33.8%
Sarasota, Florida$35,110+19.4%
Odessa, Texas$28,010-4.7%
Orlando, Florida$33,550+14.1%
Oxnard, California$41,900+42.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$34,350+16.8%
Panama City, Florida$33,020+12.3%
Pensacola, Florida$32,690+11.2%
Peoria, Illinois$35,270+20.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$20,070-31.7%
Portland, Oregon$41,640+41.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$34,440+17.1%
Redding, California$38,160+29.8%
Richmond, Virginia$31,870+8.4%
Riverside, California$37,950+29.1%
Roanoke, Virginia$30,020+2.1%
Rochester, New York$38,940+32.4%
Rockford, Illinois$35,350+20.2%
Sacramento, California$41,130+39.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$33,150+12.8%
Salem, Oregon$35,740+21.6%
Salinas, California$41,920+42.6%
San Angelo, Texas$26,030-11.5%
San Antonio, Texas$32,320+9.9%
San Diego, California$39,760+35.2%
San Francisco, California$46,250+57.3%
San Jose, California$45,720+55.5%
San Luis Obispo, California$40,270+37.0%
Santa Cruz, California$41,130+39.9%
Santa Maria, California$40,200+36.7%
Santa Rosa, California$45,590+55.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$26,970-8.3%
Seattle, Washington$49,560+68.6%
Spokane, Washington$36,980+25.8%
Staunton, Virginia$30,570+4.0%
Stockton, California$39,030+32.8%
Syracuse, New York$37,450+27.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$31,430+6.9%
Tampa, Florida$34,520+17.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$26,320-10.5%
Traverse City, Michigan$38,400+30.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$38,320+30.3%
Tyler, Texas$25,470-13.4%
Utica, New York$36,230+23.2%
Vallejo, California$44,070+49.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$31,430+6.9%
Visalia, California$38,750+31.8%
Watertown, New York$35,270+20.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$27,570-6.2%
Wichita Falls, Texas$25,930-11.8%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$28,030-4.7%
Winchester, Virginia$31,350+6.6%
Yakima, Washington$40,410+37.4%
York, Pennsylvania$24,410-17.0%
Yuba City, California$40,460+37.6%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
29,400/yr
Estimated take-home
24,900/yr
Est. total withheld
15.3%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 35-2015 SOC code
Official area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 37980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
CamdenWilmington
Multi-state area: PA;NJ;DE;MD
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Pennsylvania

Population (metro area)
6,241,882