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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Cooks, Fast Food Salary in Guayama, PR

Cooks, Fast Food in Guayama, PR earn a median annual salary of $21,380, which is -29.1% compared to the national median. There are 60 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Guayama, PR (metro area).

$21,380
Guayama, PR median annual wage
$10/hour median
-29.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $30,160
60
Local employment
4.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.11
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$20,570
25th
$21,280
Median
$21,380
75th
$21,900
90th
$22,480

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Guayama, PR, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

Cost-of-living adjustment data is not available for this area. BEA Regional Price Parities do not cover all metro areas.

Until there is a clean match, use the nominal wage here as a labor-market number only, not as a purchasing-power comparison.

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Guayama, PR

Historical series

Trend for Cooks, Fast Food in Guayama, PR

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Cooks, Fast Food are projected to change by -13.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 82,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.