Cook jobs

Right now there are 2,007 cook openings on our board, and 143 of them arrived in the last seven days. 16 of them are fully remote (remote cook jobs). The board refreshes every night, so the count moves with the market.

74 of the 2,007 openings state a salary. Across those, the middle half of posted pay runs from $42k to $53k a year. We only count postings that state pay, so this is what employers are advertising today, not an estimate. For the fuller picture by seniority and market, see the cook salary page.

The three skills cook postings name most often are Food Service (37% of postings), Food Safety (31%) and Line Cooking (20%). Those percentages are simply how many of the postings we read mention each one, so you can see which are near-universal and which are nice to have. Every skill, defined: the glossary.

Yes, and we can tell you from where. 3 measured routes lead into cook work. The closest is from food service worker: a typical food service worker profile already covers 75% of what cook postings ask for, and the route page lists the exact skills that make up the rest.