Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Dover, DE

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Dover

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $46,880 a year or less, while the top 10% make $82,710 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Dover earn between $47,280 and $73,460.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Dover

On the average salary of $63,050, a single filer in Dover takes home about $49,908 a year, or $4,159 a month and $1,920 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Dover area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.5), so the average $63,050 buys what about $64,662 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Dover ($46,690). A typical home costs $372,156, or 5.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Related jobs in Dover

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,070 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$41,400 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,290 a year
• Bartenders$40,520 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,570 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$35,510 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$33,760 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$33,320 a year

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