Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Kansas
The median annual wage for cooks, restaurant in Kansas is $35,130 ($16.89 per hour) — -6.0% vs. the national median of $37,390. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $35,130
- Mean annual wage
- $34,900
- Median hourly wage
- $16.89
- Employment in KS
- 11,620
11,620 employed · 8.1 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in Kansas
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $26,120 | $12.56 |
| 25th percentile | $29,690 | $14.27 |
| Median (50th) | $35,130 | $16.89 |
| 75th percentile | $37,440 | $18.00 |
| 90th percentile | $44,540 | $21.41 |
What this salary is worth in Kansas
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $39,004
- Median rent burden
- 36.2%
- Est. affordable home price
- $128,152
Kansas prices are 90.1 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in Kansas: $1,060/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $878/mo
At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance
For context, the median home value in Kansas is $217,200 (ACS 2020-2024).
Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.
Cooks, Restaurant salary in other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Other salaries in Kansas
- Accountants and Auditors in Kansas
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Kansas
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Kansas
- Cashiers in Kansas
- Construction Laborers in Kansas
- Customer Service Representatives in Kansas
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Kansas
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in Kansas
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Kansas
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Kansas
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Kansas
- General and Operations Managers in Kansas
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Kansas
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Kansas
- Human Resources Specialists in Kansas
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Kansas
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Kansas
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Kansas
- Light Truck Drivers in Kansas
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Kansas
- Management Analysts in Kansas
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Kansas
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Kansas
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Kansas
- Nursing Assistants in Kansas
- Office Clerks, General in Kansas
- Project Management Specialists in Kansas
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in Kansas
- Registered Nurses in Kansas
- Retail Salespersons in Kansas
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Kansas
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Kansas
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Kansas
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Kansas
- Security Guards in Kansas
- Software Developers in Kansas
- Stockers and Order Fillers in Kansas
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Kansas
- Waiters and Waitresses in Kansas
About this data
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.
Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.