How much do cooks, fast food make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

What the Cooks, Fast Food median says in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cooks, Fast Food median in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL at $30,990 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 33100.

BLS lists 7,110 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 $33,790 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL's Cooks, Fast Food median is 0.3% 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 33100

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-2011 and area 33100. SOC 35-2011 names Cooks, Fast Food. Area 33100 names Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 35-2011/33100 row has 7,110 wage and salary jobs. There are 2.52 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.61. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 35-2011/33100, the annual median is $30,990 per year, while the matching mean is $33,790 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 35-2011/33100 10th percentile: $28,210 per year.
• 35-2011/33100 25th percentile: $29,330 per year.
• 35-2011/33100 median: $30,990 per year.
• 35-2011/33100 75th percentile: $36,030 per year.
• 35-2011/33100 90th percentile: $45,370 per year.
• 35-2011/33100 employment RSE: 25.8%. Mean-wage RSE: 4.7%.
• 35-2011/33100 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 33100 facts behind this Cooks, Fast Food page

Area 33100 reports 2,819,940 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $67,190. Its annual median is $48,640. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-2011 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL runs from $30,140 at the 10th percentile to $122,530 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,480. The median is $48,640. The 75th percentile is $77,570. 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 33100. They do not show related skills or a path into Cooks, Fast Food.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 33100. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 91,370. Yearly median: $34,330. Jobs per 1,000: 32.4. Location quotient: 1.29.
• 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 33100. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 74,960. Yearly median: $105,640. Jobs per 1,000: 26.58. Location quotient: 1.18.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 33100. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 63,440. Yearly median: $39,560. Jobs per 1,000: 22.5. Location quotient: 1.35.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 33100. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 61,670. Yearly median: $91,380. Jobs per 1,000: 21.87. Location quotient: 1.01.
• 5. Office Clerks, General. Area: 33100. SOC: 43-9061. Jobs: 61,160. Yearly median: $44,730. Jobs per 1,000: 21.69. Location quotient: 1.37.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 33100. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 57,830. Yearly median: $36,070. Jobs per 1,000: 20.51. Location quotient: 1.4.

Read the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL wage ladder for Cooks, Fast Food

The 10th percentile is $28,210 per year. The 25th percentile is $29,330 per year. The median is $30,990 per year. The 75th percentile is $36,030 per year. The 90th percentile is $45,370 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 $29,330 per year to $36,030 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $17,160. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with its state and the U.S.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has a annual median of $30,990 per year. Florida has $29,900 per year. The U.S. row has $30,890 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 3.6% above Florida on the same published median. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 0.3% 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL sits for Cooks, Fast Food

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks 109 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 109 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.

• 106. Salisbury, MD. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $31,200 per year. BLS estimates 250 jobs. The location quotient is 1.13.
• 107. Rapid City, SD. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $31,190 per year. BLS estimates 320 jobs. The location quotient is 1.04.
• 108. St. Cloud, MN. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $31,010 per year. BLS estimates 180 jobs. The location quotient is 0.43.
• 110. St. Louis, MO-IL. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $30,860 per year. BLS estimates 17,700 jobs. The location quotient is 3.2.
• 111. Tucson, AZ. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $30,830 per year. BLS estimates 1,480 jobs. The location quotient is 0.92.
• 112. Duluth, MN-WI. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $30,790 per year. BLS estimates 240 jobs. The location quotient is 0.47.

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. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL sits at $30,990 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 $16,230 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 4,790 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.02.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $46,670 per year, or $15,680 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 10,160 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.04.
• 3. Napa, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $45,300 per year, or $14,310 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 370 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.15.
• 4. Vallejo, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $44,450 per year, or $13,460 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,150 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.94.
• 5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $44,030 per year, or $13,040 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 5,190 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.6.
• 6. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $43,840 per year, or $12,850 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,050 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.24.
• 7. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $43,630 per year, or $12,640 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 710 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.74.
• 8. Salinas, CA has a Cooks, Fast Food median of $43,120 per year, or $12,130 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,100 jobs there, compared with 7,110 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 7,110. 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 41,330 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $38,000 per year, or $7,010 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 1.87.
• 2. St. Louis, MO-IL has 17,700 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 10,590 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $30,860 per year, or $130 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 3.2.
• 3. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 16,910 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 9,800 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $42,480 per year, or $11,490 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 2.39.
• 4. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC has 15,830 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 8,720 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $27,690 per year, or $3,300 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 2.83.
• 5. Kansas City, MO-KS has 13,850 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 6,740 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $30,170 per year, or $820 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 3.07.
• 6. Raleigh-Cary, NC has 11,500 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 4,390 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $28,220 per year, or $2,770 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 3.76.
• 7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has 10,630 estimated Cooks, Fast Food jobs, a gap of 3,520 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $42,450 per year, or $11,460 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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 3,470 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $35,800 per year, or $4,810 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 0.61. 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 7.84 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,830 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,900 per year, or $8,090 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 2. Parkersburg-Vienna, WV has a location quotient of 7.49, a gap of 6.88 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,120 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,780 per year, or $8,210 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 3. Fayetteville, NC has a location quotient of 7.19, a gap of 6.58 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 3,890 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $23,430 per year, or $7,560 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 4. Goldsboro, NC has a location quotient of 6.66, a gap of 6.05 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,110 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,510 per year, or $8,480 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 5. Beckley, WV has a location quotient of 6.61, a gap of 6.00 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,170 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $22,370 per year, or $8,620 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 6. Burlington, NC has a location quotient of 6.01, a gap of 5.40 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,680 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $27,450 per year, or $3,540 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 7. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL has a location quotient of 5.79, a gap of 5.18 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,070 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $28,820 per year, or $2,170 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 8. Joplin, MO-KS has a location quotient of 5.65, a gap of 5.04 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,030 Cooks, Fast Food jobs and a median of $28,600 per year, or $2,390 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

How common Cooks, Fast Food is in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

BLS lists 7,110 Cooks, Fast Food jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It also lists 2.52 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 0.61. 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

The all-occupations median in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is $48,640 per year. The Cooks, Fast Food median is $30,990 per year. Cooks, Fast Food is 36.3% 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $30,250 per year. BLS lists 56,340 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $29,600 per year. BLS lists 56,900 jobs and a location quotient of 0.81.
• 3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $32,890 per year. BLS lists 28,350 jobs and a location quotient of 0.36.
• 4. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $34,180 per year. BLS lists 41,890 jobs and a location quotient of 1.05.
• 5. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $34,330 per year. BLS lists 91,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.29.
• 6. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2012, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $34,360 per year. BLS lists 22,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.43.
• 7. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $36,040 per year. BLS lists 41,530 jobs and a location quotient of 1.78.
• 8. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $36,070 per year. BLS lists 57,830 jobs and a location quotient of 1.4.

The largest detailed roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL table, at 91,370 jobs. Cooks, Fast Food has 7,110 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 2,819,940. 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. Retail Salespersons has 91,370 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 84,260 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $34,330 per year, or $3,340 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has 74,960 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 67,850 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $105,640 per year, or $74,650 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives has 63,440 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 56,330 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $39,560 per year, or $8,570 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.35.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 61,670 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 54,560 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $91,380 per year, or $60,390 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 5. Office Clerks, General has 61,160 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 54,050 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $44,730 per year, or $13,740 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses has 57,830 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 50,720 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $36,070 per year, or $5,080 above Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 56,900 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 49,790 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $29,600 per year, or $1,390 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 0.81.
• 8. Cashiers has 56,340 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 49,230 from Cooks, Fast Food. Its median is $30,250 per year, or $740 below Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.01.

Published role medians around Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Lawyers has the highest published median in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL role table, at $160,320 per year. Cooks, Fast Food has $30,990 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,640 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. Lawyers has a median of $160,320 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $129,330 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 23,270 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.7.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $105,640 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $74,650 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 74,960 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $91,380 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $60,390 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 61,670 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,920 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $49,930 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 30,950 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $67,550 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $36,560 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 26,510 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $62,400 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $31,410 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 30,740 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $62,090 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $31,100 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 30,300 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $51,580 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $20,590 above Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 29,060 jobs, compared with 7,110 for Cooks, Fast Food. Its location quotient is 0.78.

Roles with the largest local share in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Security Guards has the highest location quotient in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL role table, at 1.78. Cooks, Fast Food has 0.61. 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. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.78 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.17 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 41,530 jobs and a median of $36,040 per year, or $5,050 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 2. Lawyers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.09 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 23,270 jobs and a median of $160,320 per year, or $129,330 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 3. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.55 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.94 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 27,020 jobs and a median of $45,060 per year, or $14,070 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 4. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.46 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.85 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 37,210 jobs and a median of $36,920 per year, or $5,930 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 5. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.43 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.82 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 22,370 jobs and a median of $34,360 per year, or $3,370 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.79 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 57,830 jobs and a median of $36,070 per year, or $5,080 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.37 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.76 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 61,160 jobs and a median of $44,730 per year, or $13,740 above Cooks, Fast Food.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.37 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.76 from Cooks, Fast Food. BLS lists 30,740 jobs and a median of $62,400 per year, or $31,410 above Cooks, Fast Food.

What $30,990 may mean after the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 14.2% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $30,990 Cooks, Fast Food median by 114.2 divided by 100. The result is $27,147 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 155.6. Goods are 103.6. Utilities are 97.2. Other services are 109.1. 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL row

The employment RSE for this Cooks, Fast Food row is 25.8%. The mean-wage RSE is 4.7%. 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 7,110 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $33,790 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cooks, Fast Food. It uses a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 $30,990 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 7,110 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.61 is not a growth score. Rank 109 of 308 is not a place score. The 114.2 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 33100. 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.