SOC 35-2014 · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · May 2025
How much do Cooks, Restaurant make in Aguadilla, PR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cooks, Restaurant in Aguadilla, PR is $23,130. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $29,000. Employment is 600.
Median annual wage
$23,130
- 10th percentile
- $21,840
- 25th percentile
- $21,850
- Median
- $23,130
- 75th percentile
- $27,910
- 90th percentile
- $29,000
- Mean
- $25,200
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Cooks, Restaurant, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $29,000. The difference is $7,160, which is 31.0% 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 $21,850 to the 75th at $27,910, covers $6,060.
The mean annual wage is $25,200, which sits above the median of $23,130. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Aguadilla, PR median is 38.1% lower than the national median of $37,390 for Cooks, Restaurant.
It is 6.2% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $24,650.
Price-adjusted pay
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Aguadilla, 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, Restaurant. Aguadilla, PR ranks 5th 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).).
- Arecibo, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $23,970 and employment of 380. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here.
- Mayaguez, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $23,090 and employment of 570. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here.
- Ponce, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $23,350 and employment of 600. That median is 1% higher than the median here.
Employment share
Cooks, Restaurant accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Aguadilla, PR (600 of 48,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.91% of employment (1,409,890 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 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, Restaurant make in Aguadilla, PR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cooks, Restaurant in Aguadilla, PR is $23,130. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $29,000. Employment is 600.
How does that compare with the national median for Cooks, Restaurant?
The local median is 38.1% lower than the national median of $37,390.
How does Aguadilla, PR compare with nearby metros for Cooks, Restaurant?
Arecibo, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $23,970. Aguadilla, PR ranks 5th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.