City of Memphis / Memphis Parks / Cook
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
3 employees hold this title in Memphis Parks. Median total compensation for the role is $37,269, above the department median of $31,200.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR area, the median wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria — about 1,530 people — is $33,170. Memphis Parks pays a median base salary of $37,269 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria across every employer in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Memphis Parks’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria — about 441,050 people — is $37,450. Memphis Parks’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 49th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Memphis, TN-MS-AR range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Memphis Parks is $37,269, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. See Cook across all of City of Memphis →
Median total compensation for comparable Cook roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Cook/Memphis Parks
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Debra Williams is a Cook at Memphis Parks. 2025 total compensation came to $37,269.
Cook/Memphis Parks
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Susie Williams works as a Cook for Memphis Parks. Susie earned $37,269 in 2025.
Cook/Memphis Parks
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At Memphis Parks, Robbie Razor serves as a Cook. Their 2025 pay totaled $37,269.