Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Portsmouth, VA

Estimates come from the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Cooks, Restaurant in Portsmouth, VA is $36,280, 3% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Portsmouth sits within the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area, Cooks, Restaurant pay runs from $29,210 to $44,280 a year, with about 8.4K people employed.

Median annual

$36,280

Median hourly

$17

Average annual

$36,530

Employed in metro

8.4K

Pay distribution

10th$29,210

25th$30,350

Median$36,280

75th$37,890

90th$44,280

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $17.44
Daily: $140
Weekly: $698
Bi-weekly: $1,395
Monthly: $3,023
Annual: $36,280

$36,280 a year is around the 50th percentile for Cooks, Restaurants in Portsmouth, VA. The median is $36,280.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$14.10	$29,210
25th percentile	$14.60	$30,350
Median	$17.40	$36,280
75th percentile	$18.20	$37,890
90th percentile	$21.30	$44,280
Average (mean)	$17.60	$36,530
Employment	8,380 people

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