• Restaurant Cooks
  • Hospitality and Tourism
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 29,681
    $22,087 range bar $39,376
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
    Image of growth rate score 5
    Very Fast Growing
  • Restaurant Cooks season and prepare foods, including soups, salads, entrees, and desserts in a restaurant.

What do they typically do

  • Garnish, arrange, and serve food
  • Check freshness of food and ingredients before cooking
  • Direct activities of one or more workers who help prepare and serve meals
  • Boil and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods
  • Cook, hold, and store food or food ingredients
  • Bake, roast, grill, broil, or fry meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods
  • Clean work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, and silverware
  • Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +4.2%
Job Openings 705

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