Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Las Vegas, NV

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Las Vegas

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,410 a year or less, while the top 10% make $101,200 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Las Vegas earn between $49,920 and $79,110.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Las Vegas

On the average salary of $67,590, a single filer in Las Vegas takes home about $56,380 a year, or $4,698 a month and $2,168 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Las Vegas area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.2), so the average $67,590 buys what about $67,445 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Las Vegas ($46,670). A typical home costs $430,650, or 6.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Nevada cities

Las Vegas ranks 1st of 2 Nevada metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Chefs and Head Cooks salaries in Nevada

Highest-paying cities for chefs and head cooks

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($91,380).

Chefs and Head Cooks salary by city

Related jobs in Las Vegas

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,590 a year
• Cooks, All Other$50,820 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$42,640 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$42,220 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$38,710 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$38,630 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$38,200 a year
• Bartenders$38,040 a year

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