Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Bloomington, IN

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Bloomington

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,160 a year or less, while the top 10% make $88,370 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Bloomington earn between $42,210 and $67,460.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Bloomington

On the average salary of $57,780, a single filer in Bloomington takes home about $45,688 a year, or $3,807 a month and $1,757 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). Includes Bloomington's local income tax (2.14%).

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

Prices in the Bloomington area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.1), so the average $57,780 buys what about $60,767 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Bloomington ($47,660). A typical home costs $303,238, or 5.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Indiana cities

Bloomington ranks 2nd of 8 Indiana metro areas for this job; Terre Haute pays the most ($70,410).

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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$46,690 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,240 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$33,660 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$31,230 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$31,200 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$30,630 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$29,660 a year
• Dishwashers$29,420 a year

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