Cooks, Restaurant
Sandusky, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 910.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Sandusky earn more.
$35,250 in Sandusky buys what $39,500 buys across the country as a whole.
Sandusky's regional price parity is 89.3 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Sandusky |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | $37,060 | $39,500 | 93.9 | −0.1% |
| Columbus | $36,590 | $38,300 | 95.5 | −2.9% |
| Akron | $36,030 | $38,600 | 93.4 | −2.3% |
| Cincinnati | $36,030 | $37,800 | 95.4 | −4.3% |
| Dayton | $35,700 | $38,500 | 92.7 | −2.5% |
| Canton | $35,600 | $39,800 | 89.4 | +0.9% |
| Toledo | $35,560 | $38,900 | 91.5 | −1.5% |
| Sandusky This page | $35,250 | $39,500 | 89.3 | — |
Price parity and difference against Sandusky are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 910 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-2014, Cooks, Restaurant. Mapped to our taxonomy as cooks-restaurant.
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