How much do Cooks, Fast Food make in Asheville, NC?

Percentile spread

For Cooks, Fast Food, the published 10th percentile is $22,030 and the 90th percentile is $35,240. The difference is $13,210, which is 47.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $23,510 to the 75th at $29,400, covers $5,890.

The mean annual wage is $28,010, which sits below the median of $28,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Asheville, NC median is 9% lower than the national median of $30,890 for Cooks, Fast Food. In 2024 national prices the local median is $29,138, which is 5.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% higher than the North Carolina median of $27,190.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Asheville, NC is 96.506, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $28,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cooks, Fast Food at $29,138 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cooks, Fast Food. Asheville, NC ranks 4th of 25 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Johnson City, TN is 47 miles away, with a median of $26,430 and employment of 570. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,059, against $29,138 here.
• Morristown, TN is 57 miles away, with a median of $27,310 and employment of 240. That median is 2.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,622, against $29,138 here.
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 64 miles away, with a median of $27,550 and employment of 2,650. That median is 2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,135, against $29,138 here.

Employment share

Cooks, Fast Food accounts for 1.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Asheville, NC (2,570 of 180,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.41% of employment (641,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.45 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.