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Restaurant Cooks in South Carolina

Restaurant Cooks in South Carolina

Want to work in South Carolina as a Restaurant Cook? Read this first!

24.9% Jobs Projection
$22,840 Median Salary
3,970 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Restaurant Cooks in South Carolina are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Restaurant Cooks in South Carolina is growing faster than average.

  • Restaurant Cooks in South Carolina earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Restaurant Cooks Work in South Carolina?

24,430 people worked as Restaurant Cooks in 2018 in this state.

There were 23,180 Restaurant Cooks employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 1,250 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 17,110 Restaurant Cooks working in it, which means South Carolina has more Restaurant Cooks than average.

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Job Projections for South Carolina

Jobs for Restaurant Cooks in this state are growing at a rate of 24.9% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 11.8%.

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South Carolina Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 3,970 annual Restaurant Cooks job openings in South Carolina, and 27,460 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 195,300 annual jobs and 1,377,200 total jobs in 2026.

What do Restaurant Cooks Make in South Carolina?

In 2018 wages for Restaurant Cooks ranged from $17,370 to $31,380 with $22,840 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $8.35 to $15.09. The median hourly rate was $10.98.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $10.12 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.86.

The median salary in South Carolina is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top South Carolina Metros for Restaurant Cooks

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Restaurant Cooks.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 13,740 $24,870
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 4,590 $24,560
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 4,510 $23,570
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 4,020 $21,420
Columbia, SC 3,500 $22,780
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1,680 $22,460
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 1,610 $27,350
Spartanburg, SC 1,440 $20,380
Florence, SC 540 $20,810
Sumter, SC 330 $20,410

Top States for Restaurant Cooks Employment

View the list below to see where most Restaurant Cooks work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 166,420 $29,130
Florida 110,600 $26,960
Texas 110,440 $24,980
New York 73,340 $28,100
Pennsylvania 55,980 $25,290
Illinois 48,660 $27,350
North Carolina 47,350 $23,630
Georgia 37,770 $23,430
Ohio 37,220 $24,730
Michigan 37,160 $24,120
Virginia 33,380 $24,930
Colorado 32,910 $28,460
Washington 32,510 $31,950
Massachusetts 29,880 $30,720
Missouri 28,990 $24,150
Minnesota 28,480 $28,810
Indiana 27,890 $23,350
Arizona 25,570 $26,950
Wisconsin 24,540 $25,150
South Carolina 24,430 $22,840

Below are the states where Restaurant Cooks get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $32,580
Washington $31,950
New Jersey $30,870
Hawaii $30,830
Massachusetts $30,720
Vermont $30,620
Rhode Island $30,130
Nevada $30,060
Alaska $29,270
Connecticut $29,170

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