Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Lafayette, IN

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Lafayette

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,960 a year or less, while the top 10% make $62,950 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Lafayette earn between $31,490 and $59,290.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Lafayette

On the average salary of $46,030, a single filer in Lafayette takes home about $37,238 a year, or $3,103 a month and $1,432 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Includes Lafayette's local income tax (1.28%).

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

Prices in the Lafayette area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.4), so the average $46,030 buys what about $49,267 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Lafayette ($48,780). A typical home costs $286,179, or 6.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Indiana cities

Lafayette ranks 7th 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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Related jobs in Lafayette

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$46,470 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,450 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$33,300 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$32,310 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$31,060 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$31,040 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$30,990 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$30,010 a year

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