Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Bloomington, IL

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Bloomington

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $43,430 a year or less, while the top 10% make $73,460 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Bloomington earn between $45,970 and $66,130.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Bloomington

On the average salary of $57,290, a single filer in Bloomington takes home about $45,518 a year, or $3,793 a month and $1,751 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 Bloomington a good place for chefs and head cooks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bloomington area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.5), so the average $57,290 buys what about $61,248 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Bloomington ($53,140). A typical home costs $260,134, or 4.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Illinois cities

Bloomington ranks 2nd of 7 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($64,510).

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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).

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• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,810 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$39,170 a year
• Bartenders$35,960 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$35,860 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$35,320 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$34,020 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,590 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$33,390 a year

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