How much do Cooks, Short Order make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

Percentile spread

For Cooks, Short Order, the published 10th percentile is $19,940 and the 90th percentile is $28,800. The difference is $8,860, which is 41.2% 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 $20,600 to the 75th at $28,610, covers $8,010.

The mean annual wage is $24,360, which sits above the median of $21,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 40.1% lower than the national median of $35,880 for Cooks, Short Order. In 2024 national prices the local median is $25,325, which is 29.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% lower than the Alabama median of $22,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $21,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cooks, Short Order at $25,325 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cooks, Short Order. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 11th of 11 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).).

• Huntsville, AL is 56 miles away, with a median of $22,510 and employment of 320. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $24,186, against $25,325 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 105 miles away, with a median of $37,830 and employment of 600. That median is 76.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,268, against $25,325 here.
• Birmingham, AL is 106 miles away, with a median of $23,160. That median is 7.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $25,272, against $25,325 here.

Employment share

Cooks, Short Order accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (90 of 56,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (138,650 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.80 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.