Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Anchorage, AK

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $37,830 a year or less, while the top 10% make $80,100 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Anchorage earn between $45,340 and $68,830.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $57,110, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $48,068 a year, or $4,006 a month and $1,849 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Anchorage a good place for chefs and head cooks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Anchorage area are 5% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 105.4), so the average $57,110 buys what about $54,174 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Alaska cities

Anchorage ranks 1st of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for chefs and head cooks

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($91,380).

Chefs and Head Cooks salary by city

Related jobs in Anchorage

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,080 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$49,020 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$41,860 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$39,980 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$39,070 a year
• Bartenders$38,530 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,710 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$35,410 a year

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