Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Topeka, KS

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Topeka

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $41,190 a year or less, while the top 10% make $85,300 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Topeka earn between $43,990 and $59,830.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Topeka

On the average salary of $58,420, a single filer in Topeka takes home about $46,660 a year, or $3,888 a month and $1,795 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Topeka area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.8), so the average $58,420 buys what about $65,773 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Topeka ($49,540). A typical home costs $217,683, or 3.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Kansas cities

Topeka ranks 1st of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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 Topeka

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,350 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$41,640 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$38,520 a year
• Bartenders$36,560 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$33,940 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$33,810 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$32,170 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$28,690 a year

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