City of San Jose / Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S / Cook Pt
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S. Median total compensation for the role is $34,277, above the department median of $24,187.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria — about 2,640 people — is $51,880. Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S pays a median base salary of $31,396 for this role, 39% below that figure — below the 10th 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S’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. Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S is $34,277, 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.
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Cook Pt/Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S
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Myles Hill-Solanoy is a Cook Pt at Parks/Rec & Neigh Service P R N S. 2025 total compensation came to $34,277.