How much do Cooks, Restaurant make in Redding, CA?

Percentile spread

For Cooks, Restaurant, the published 10th percentile is $34,940 and the 90th percentile is $46,770. The difference is $11,830, 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 $36,050 to the 75th at $44,280, covers $8,230.

The mean annual wage is $40,390, which sits above the median of $38,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Redding, CA median is 2.2% higher than the national median of $37,390 for Cooks, Restaurant. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,940, which is 1.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.9% lower than the California median of $44,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Redding, CA is 100.684, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cooks, Restaurant at $37,940 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, Restaurant. Redding, CA ranks 11th 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).).

• Chico, CA is 79 miles away, with a median of $37,980 and employment of 600. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,531, against $37,940 here.
• Yuba City, CA is 114 miles away, with a median of $39,160 and employment of 400. That median is 2.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,570, against $37,940 here.
• Medford, OR is 119 miles away, with a median of $38,430 and employment of 960. That median is 0.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,887, against $37,940 here.

Employment share

Cooks, Restaurant accounts for 0.70% of wage-and-salary employment in Redding, CA (500 of 71,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.91% of employment (1,409,890 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.77 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.