Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Line Cook: $41K median posted pay.
From 94 salary bands employers posted on 212 open line cook roles in hospitality & food. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 11 | — (4 of 8 bands) | — |
| Mid | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Global Partners | 49 | — |
| Cinemark | 27 | — |
| Boyd Gaming | 18 | — |
| Haihospitality | 14 | — |
| Sbcos | 13 | — |
| Naked Farmer Careers | 13 | — |
| Hri Hospitality | 12 | — |
| Asmglobal | 12 | — |
| Eataly North America | 10 | — |
| Abbott | 6 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open line cook roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Line Cooking | 212 | — |
| Food Preparation | 112 | — |
| Kitchen Management | 110 | — |
| Food Safety | 61 | — |
| Customer Service | 50 | — |
| Process Documentation | 29 | — |
| Opening and Closing Procedures | 24 | — |
| Portion Control | 22 | — |
| Stock Replenishment | 22 | — |
| Deep Cleaning and Sanitation | 21 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site84%178 roles
- Not stated16%34 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 212 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 94 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Line Cook (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in hospitality & food, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.