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Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias.
What a cook, institution and cafeteria does
Become a cook, institution and cafeteria
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good cook, institution and cafeteria
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $26 per hour with a typical salary of $42,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $29 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $9,300 and $43,900 per year.
- 52% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $25 per hour with a typical salary of $26,200 per year.
- 74.4% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Cook, Institution And Cafeteria job outlook
- There are 9,568 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 1,833 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 3% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 26% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.