Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Vermont

Cooks, Restaurant in Vermont earn a median $45,390 a year, +21% against the national median of $37,390; they and rank 5th of 51 states by median. That is 20% less than the median across all occupations in Vermont ($56,390). Among neighbouring states, Massachusetts pays more (up to $45,600 in Massachusetts) and New York and New Hampshire pay less (down to $40,200 in New Hampshire). Vermont employs 2,360 cooks, restaurant, 7.78 per 1,000 jobs, the 49th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.86 is close to the national share.

Vermont vs the United States, May 2025

Cooks, Restaurant: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Vermont and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Vermont	Hourly	$15.00	$18.02	$21.82	$22.76	$27.01	$21.00	2,360	7.78	0.86
Vermont	Annual	$31,210	$37,470	$45,390	$47,340	$56,180	$43,680	2,360	7.78	0.86
United States	Hourly	$13.80	$16.35	$17.98	$21.45	$23.03	$18.62	1,409,890	–	–
United States	Annual	$28,700	$34,010	$37,390	$44,620	$47,900	$38,730	1,409,890	–	–

Vermont annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 5th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 49th of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.86
Jobs per 1,000: 7.78

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Vermont's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Vermont

1 metropolitan area and 2 nonmetropolitan areas touching Vermont publish a row for cooks, restaurant, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$21.82	$45,390	$31,020	$58,820	950	7.90	0.87
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	$22.11	$45,990	$35,550	$56,160	680	7.64	0.84
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	$21.41	$44,530	$30,470	$49,450	730	8.55	0.94

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Vermont	$21.82	$45,390	2,360	0.86
Massachusetts	$21.92	$45,600	29,570	0.90
New Hampshire	$19.33	$40,200	7,190	1.16
New York	$21.00	$43,680	71,530	0.81

See the national page for Cooks, Restaurant (every state ranked) and the Vermont wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Vermont estimates.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.