How much do Cooks, Fast Food make in Sherman-Denison, TX?

Percentile spread

For Cooks, Fast Food, the published 10th percentile is $20,560 and the 90th percentile is $36,880. The difference is $16,320, which is 61.2% 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 $22,630 to the 75th at $36,600, covers $13,970.

The mean annual wage is $28,590, which sits above the median of $26,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sherman-Denison, TX median is 13.7% lower than the national median of $30,890 for Cooks, Fast Food. In 2024 national prices the local median is $28,431, which is 8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.7% lower than the Texas median of $28,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sherman-Denison, TX is 93.771, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $26,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cooks, Fast Food at $28,431 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cooks, Fast Food. Sherman-Denison, TX ranks 7th of 12 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).).

• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 56 miles away, with a median of $30,010 and employment of 6,490. That median is 12.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,110, against $28,431 here.
• Lawton, OK is 118 miles away, with a median of $25,600 and employment of 360. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,788, against $28,431 here.
• Oklahoma City, OK is 133 miles away, with a median of $27,990 and employment of 2,710. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,960, against $28,431 here.

Employment share

Cooks, Fast Food accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Sherman-Denison, TX (190 of 52,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.41% of employment (641,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 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.