How much do cooks, fast food make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

What the Cooks, Fast Food median says in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cooks, Fast Food median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX at $38,560 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 35-2011 and BLS area 12420.

BLS lists 4,540 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $38,950 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX's Cooks, Fast Food median is 24.8% above the U.S. Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 35-2011 with area 12420

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-2011 and area 12420. SOC 35-2011 names Cooks, Fast Food. Area 12420 names Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 35-2011/12420 row has 4,540 wage and salary jobs. There are 3.51 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.85. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 35-2011/12420, the annual median is $38,560 per year, while the matching mean is $38,950 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 35-2011/12420 10th percentile: $27,680 per year.
• 35-2011/12420 25th percentile: $34,850 per year.
• 35-2011/12420 median: $38,560 per year.
• 35-2011/12420 75th percentile: $44,540 per year.
• 35-2011/12420 90th percentile: $50,970 per year.
• 35-2011/12420 employment RSE: 28.2%. Mean-wage RSE: 9.1%.
• 35-2011/12420 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 12420 facts behind this Cooks, Fast Food page

Area 12420 reports 1,293,690 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $74,580. Its annual median is $56,950. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-2011 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX runs from $29,860 at the 10th percentile to $137,820 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $38,230. The median is $56,950. The 75th percentile is $90,560. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cooks, Fast Food.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 12420. They do not show related skills or a path into Cooks, Fast Food.

• 1. General and Operations Managers. Area: 12420. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 42,190. Yearly median: $117,850. Jobs per 1,000: 32.61. Location quotient: 1.45.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 12420. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 35,000. Yearly median: $29,310. Jobs per 1,000: 27.05. Location quotient: 1.09.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 12420. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 32,690. Yearly median: $43,720. Jobs per 1,000: 25.27. Location quotient: 1.51.
• 4. Software Developers. Area: 12420. SOC: 15-1252. Jobs: 31,960. Yearly median: $134,120. Jobs per 1,000: 24.71. Location quotient: 2.28.
• 5. Retail Salespersons. Area: 12420. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 29,660. Yearly median: $33,860. Jobs per 1,000: 22.93. Location quotient: 0.91.
• 6. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 12420. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 27,430. Yearly median: $37,720. Jobs per 1,000: 21.2. Location quotient: 1.16.

Read the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX wage ladder for Cooks, Fast Food

The 10th percentile is $27,680 per year. The 25th percentile is $34,850 per year. The median is $38,560 per year. The 75th percentile is $44,540 per year. The 90th percentile is $50,970 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $34,850 per year to $44,540 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $23,290. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX with its state and the U.S.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has a annual median of $38,560 per year. Texas has $28,280 per year. The U.S. row has $30,890 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 36.4% above Texas on the same published median. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 24.8% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits for Cooks, Fast Food

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 31 of 308 among metro areas with a published annual median for Cooks, Fast Food. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 31 of 308 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 28. Missoula, MT. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $39,080 per year. BLS estimates 130 jobs. The location quotient is 0.46.
• 29. Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $38,690 per year. BLS estimates 360 jobs. The location quotient is 0.72.
• 30. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $38,580 per year. BLS estimates 2,520 jobs. The location quotient is 0.51.
• 32. Manchester-Nashua, NH. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $38,550 per year. BLS estimates 430 jobs. The location quotient is 0.52.
• 33. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $38,530 per year. BLS estimates 4,220 jobs. The location quotient is 0.64.
• 34. Bellingham, WA. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $38,480 per year. BLS estimates 230 jobs. The location quotient is 0.6.

Where Cooks, Fast Food medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 35-2011, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $47,220 per year. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits at $38,560 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cooks, Fast Food is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $47,220 per year, or $8,660 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 4,790 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.02.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $46,670 per year, or $8,110 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 10,160 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.04.
• 3. Napa, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $45,300 per year, or $6,740 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 370 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.15.
• 4. Vallejo, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $44,450 per year, or $5,890 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,150 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.94.
• 5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $44,030 per year, or $5,470 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 5,190 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 0.6.
• 6. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $43,840 per year, or $5,280 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,050 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.24.
• 7. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $43,630 per year, or $5,070 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 710 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.74.
• 8. Salinas, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $43,120 per year, or $4,560 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,100 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The location quotient is 1.42.

Where BLS counts the most Cooks, Fast Food jobs

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for Cooks, Fast Food in this same-source set, at 48,440 jobs. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has 4,540. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 48,440 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 43,900 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $38,000 per year, or $560 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 1.87.
• 2. St. Louis, MO-IL has 17,700 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 13,160 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $30,860 per year, or $7,700 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 3.2.
• 3. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 16,910 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 12,370 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $42,480 per year, or $3,920 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 2.39.
• 4. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC has 15,830 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 11,290 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $27,690 per year, or $10,870 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 2.83.
• 5. Kansas City, MO-KS has 13,850 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 9,310 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $30,170 per year, or $8,390 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 3.07.
• 6. Raleigh-Cary, NC has 11,500 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 6,960 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $28,220 per year, or $10,340 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 3.76.
• 7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has 10,630 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 6,090 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $42,450 per year, or $3,890 above Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 1.68.
• 8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 10,580 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 6,040 jobs from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its median is $35,800 per year, or $2,760 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Its location quotient is 0.82.

Where Cooks, Fast Food takes the largest share of local jobs

Jacksonville, NC has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 8.45. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has 0.85. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Cooks, Fast Food is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Jacksonville, NC has a location quotient of 8.45, a gap of 7.60 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,830 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,900 per year, or $15,660 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 2. Parkersburg-Vienna, WV has a location quotient of 7.49, a gap of 6.64 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,120 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,780 per year, or $15,780 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 3. Fayetteville, NC has a location quotient of 7.19, a gap of 6.34 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 3,890 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $23,430 per year, or $15,130 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 4. Goldsboro, NC has a location quotient of 6.66, a gap of 5.81 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,110 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,510 per year, or $16,050 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 5. Beckley, WV has a location quotient of 6.61, a gap of 5.76 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,170 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,370 per year, or $16,190 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 6. Burlington, NC has a location quotient of 6.01, a gap of 5.16 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,680 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $27,450 per year, or $11,110 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 7. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL has a location quotient of 5.79, a gap of 4.94 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 1,070 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $28,820 per year, or $9,740 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
• 8. Joplin, MO-KS has a location quotient of 5.65, a gap of 4.80 from Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. BLS lists 2,030 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $28,600 per year, or $9,960 below Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

How common Cooks, Fast Food is in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

BLS lists 4,540 Cooks, Fast Food jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It also lists 3.51 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.85. A value of 1 means Cooks, Fast Food has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Cooks, Fast Food beside other roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

The all-occupations median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $56,950 per year. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $38,560 per year. Cooks, Fast Food is 32.3% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Cooks, Fast Food. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $38,530 per year. BLS lists 13,900 jobs and a location quotient of 0.57.
• 2. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $37,720 per year. BLS lists 27,430 jobs and a location quotient of 1.16.
• 3. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $36,930 per year. BLS lists 15,470 jobs and a location quotient of 0.84.
• 4. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $36,810 per year. BLS lists 13,000 jobs and a location quotient of 1.11.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $40,650 per year. BLS lists 12,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
• 6. Food Preparation Workers, SOC 35-2021, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $34,880 per year. BLS lists 9,350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.26.
• 7. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $33,940 per year. BLS lists 20,490 jobs and a location quotient of 0.8.
• 8. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median of $33,860 per year. BLS lists 29,660 jobs and a location quotient of 0.91.

The largest detailed roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

General and Operations Managers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX table, at 42,190 jobs. Cooks, Fast Food has 4,540 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,293,690. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cooks, Fast Food's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has 42,190 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 37,650 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $117,850 per year, or $79,290 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.45.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 35,000 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 30,460 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $29,310 per year, or $9,250 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives has 32,690 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 28,150 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $43,720 per year, or $5,160 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.51.
• 4. Software Developers has 31,960 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 27,420 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $134,120 per year, or $95,560 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 2.28.
• 5. Retail Salespersons has 29,660 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 25,120 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $33,860 per year, or $4,700 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 0.91.
• 6. Stockers and Order Fillers has 27,430 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 22,890 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $37,720 per year, or $840 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 7. Cashiers has 20,490 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 15,950 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $33,940 per year, or $4,620 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 8. Waiters and Waitresses has 19,170 jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 14,630 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $27,260 per year, or $11,300 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.01.

Published role medians around Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Computer and Information Systems Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX role table, at $176,990 per year. Cooks, Fast Food has $38,560 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $56,950 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a median of $176,990 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $138,430 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 11,050 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.98.
• 2. Sales Managers has a median of $151,760 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $113,200 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 9,880 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.86.
• 3. Software Developers has a median of $134,120 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $95,560 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 31,960 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 2.28.
• 4. Computer Occupations, All Other has a median of $129,470 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $90,910 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 10,100 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 2.79.
• 5. General and Operations Managers has a median of $117,850 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $79,290 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 42,190 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.45.
• 6. Project Management Specialists has a median of $102,390 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $63,830 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 17,470 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.97.
• 7. Registered Nurses has a median of $97,890 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $59,330 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 18,920 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 0.67.
• 8. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $83,120 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, or $44,560 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 12,480 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.03.

Roles with the largest local share in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Computer Occupations, All Other has the highest location quotient in the bounded Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX role table, at 2.79. Cooks, Fast Food has 0.85. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Cooks, Fast Food with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Computer Occupations, All Other has a location quotient of 2.79 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 1.94 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 10,100 jobs and a median of $129,470 per year, or $90,910 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 2. Software Developers has a location quotient of 2.28 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 1.43 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 31,960 jobs and a median of $134,120 per year, or $95,560 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a location quotient of 1.98 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 1.13 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 11,050 jobs and a median of $176,990 per year, or $138,430 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 4. Project Management Specialists has a location quotient of 1.97 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 1.12 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 17,470 jobs and a median of $102,390 per year, or $63,830 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 5. Sales Managers has a location quotient of 1.86 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 1.01 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 9,880 jobs and a median of $151,760 per year, or $113,200 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 6. Computer User Support Specialists has a location quotient of 1.62 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 0.77 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 9,680 jobs and a median of $61,990 per year, or $23,430 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.6 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 0.75 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 16,700 jobs and a median of $62,900 per year, or $24,340 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 8. Customer Service Representatives has a location quotient of 1.51 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, a gap of 0.66 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 32,690 jobs and a median of $43,720 per year, or $5,160 above Cooks, Fast Food.

What $38,560 may mean after the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.1. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 1.9% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $38,560 Cooks, Fast Food median by 98.1 divided by 100. The result is $39,320 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 120.4. Goods are 93.8. Utilities are 82.0. Other services are 96.2. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX row

The employment RSE for this Cooks, Fast Food row is 28.2%. The mean-wage RSE is 9.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 4,540 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $38,950 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cooks, Fast Food. It uses a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $38,560 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Cooks, Fast Food row for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 4,540 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.85 is not a growth score. Rank 31 of 308 is not a place score. The 98.1 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 35-2011 in BLS area 12420. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.