Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Wyoming
The median annual wage for cooks, restaurant in Wyoming is $36,830 ($17.71 per hour) — -1.5% vs. the national median of $37,390. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $36,830
- Mean annual wage
- $37,950
- Median hourly wage
- $17.71
- Employment in WY
- 2,710
2,710 employed · 9.6 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in Wyoming
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $27,850 | $13.39 |
| 25th percentile | $29,440 | $14.15 |
| Median (50th) | $36,830 | $17.71 |
| 75th percentile | $43,060 | $20.70 |
| 90th percentile | $52,530 | $25.26 |
What this salary is worth in Wyoming
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $39,734
- Median rent burden
- 32.3%
- Est. affordable home price
- $134,353
Wyoming prices are 92.7 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in Wyoming: $992/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $921/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 Wyoming is $309,700 (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
- Kansas
- 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
Other salaries in Wyoming
- Accountants and Auditors in Wyoming
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Wyoming
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Wyoming
- Cashiers in Wyoming
- Construction Laborers in Wyoming
- Customer Service Representatives in Wyoming
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Wyoming
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in Wyoming
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Wyoming
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Wyoming
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Wyoming
- General and Operations Managers in Wyoming
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Wyoming
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Wyoming
- Human Resources Specialists in Wyoming
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Wyoming
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Wyoming
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Wyoming
- Light Truck Drivers in Wyoming
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Wyoming
- Management Analysts in Wyoming
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Wyoming
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Wyoming
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Wyoming
- Nursing Assistants in Wyoming
- Office Clerks, General in Wyoming
- Project Management Specialists in Wyoming
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in Wyoming
- Registered Nurses in Wyoming
- Retail Salespersons in Wyoming
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Wyoming
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Wyoming
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Wyoming
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Wyoming
- Security Guards in Wyoming
- Software Developers in Wyoming
- Stockers and Order Fillers in Wyoming
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Wyoming
- Waiters and Waitresses in Wyoming
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.