SOC 35-2012 · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · May 2025
How much do Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria make in Guayama, PR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria in Guayama, PR is $23,570. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $38,990. Employment is 200.
Median annual wage
$23,570
- 10th percentile
- $21,840
- 25th percentile
- $21,840
- Median
- $23,570
- 75th percentile
- $33,320
- 90th percentile
- $38,990
- Mean
- $27,570
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $38,990. The difference is $17,150, which is 72.8% 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $33,320, covers $11,480.
The mean annual wage is $27,570, which sits above the median of $23,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Guayama, PR median is 37.1% lower than the national median of $37,450 for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria.
It is 10.2% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $26,260.
Price-adjusted pay
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Guayama, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.
Nearby metros
5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria. Guayama, PR ranks 6th of 6 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).).
- San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $26,260 and employment of 4,460. That median is 11.4% higher than the median here.
- Ponce, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $28,540 and employment of 640. That median is 21.1% higher than the median here.
- Arecibo, PR is 55 miles away, with a median of $24,410 and employment of 380. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here.
Employment share
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria accounts for 1.6% of wage-and-salary employment in Guayama, PR (200 of 12,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (441,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.66 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.
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Questions this page answers
How much do Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria make in Guayama, PR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria in Guayama, PR is $23,570. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $38,990. Employment is 200.
How does that compare with the national median for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria?
The local median is 37.1% lower than the national median of $37,450.
How does Guayama, PR compare with nearby metros for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria?
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $26,260. Guayama, PR ranks 6th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.