Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Kankakee, IL

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Kankakee

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $45,480 a year or less, while the top 10% make $62,760 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Kankakee earn between $46,660 and $56,280.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Kankakee

On the average salary of $51,650, a single filer in Kankakee takes home about $41,265 a year, or $3,439 a month and $1,587 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Kankakee area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.4), so the average $51,650 buys what about $53,582 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Kankakee ($45,830). A typical home costs $223,721, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Illinois cities

Kankakee ranks 7th 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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Related jobs in Kankakee

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,390 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,300 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,430 a year
• Bartenders$35,970 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$34,960 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,580 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,530 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$32,810 a year

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