How much do Cooks, Short Order make in Warner Robins, GA?

Percentile spread

For Cooks, Short Order, the published 10th percentile is $19,290 and the 90th percentile is $33,350. The difference is $14,060, which is 61.5% 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 $19,290 to the 75th at $27,850, covers $8,560.

The mean annual wage is $24,620, which sits above the median of $22,880. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Warner Robins, GA median is 36.2% lower than the national median of $35,880 for Cooks, Short Order. In 2024 national prices the local median is $24,395, which is 32% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.8% lower than the Georgia median of $26,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Warner Robins, GA is 93.789, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $22,880 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cooks, Short Order at $24,395 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cooks, Short Order. Warner Robins, GA ranks 11th of 14 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).).

• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 104 miles away, with a median of $31,120 and employment of 100. That median is 36% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,339, against $24,395 here.
• Auburn-Opelika, AL is 106 miles away, with a median of $21,860 and employment of 120. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $24,860, against $24,395 here.
• Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 120 miles away, with a median of $28,490 and employment of 120. That median is 24.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,000, against $24,395 here.

Employment share

Cooks, Short Order accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Warner Robins, GA (40 of 76,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (138,650 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.59 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.