Miami-Dade County / Housing and Community Develop / Cook 3
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Housing and Community Develop. Median total compensation for the role is $55,069, below the department median of $82,782.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria — about 6,220 people — is $36,480. Housing and Community Develop pays a median base salary of $55,069 for this role, 51% above that figure — above the 90th 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Housing and Community Develop’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. Housing and Community Develop’s median base salary is 47% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Housing and Community Develop is $55,069, 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 Miami-Dade County →
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 3/Housing and Community Develop
Source-specific fields
Antonio Pena works as a Cook 3 for Housing and Community Develop within Mdc. Antonio earned $55,069 in 2026.