Wages Cook in British Columbia

National Occupational Classification update

We have updated this page to reflect the transition to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This means that the occupation "cook" was moved from the group Cooks (NOC 6322) to the group Cooks (NOC 63200).

Find out how much people working as a "cook" earned last year in British Columbia.

Prevailing wages

Note that these wages were updated on November 16th, 2022 based on the 2016 version of the NOC. Learn more about our methodology.

Hourly wages by community/area
Community/Area Low ($/hour) Median ($/hour) High ($/hour) Note
British Columbia 15.65 16.25 23.00
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Cariboo Region 15.65 15.65 21.00
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Kootenay Region 15.65 16.00 20.97
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Lower Mainland–Southwest Region 15.65 16.25 22.00
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Nechako Region 15.65 16.00 18.75
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North Coast Region 15.65 16.00 18.75
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Northeast Region 15.65 15.65 18.00
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Thompson–Okanagan Region 15.65 16.00 20.67
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Vancouver Island and Coast Region 15.65 18.00 23.81
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Canada 13.00 15.60 21.18
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Wage methodology

Labour Market Information Survey
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