Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Kingston, NY

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Kingston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,890 a year or less, while the top 10% make $113,330 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Kingston earn between $60,190 and $96,840.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Kingston

On the average salary of $77,740, a single filer in Kingston takes home about $59,849 a year, or $4,987 a month and $2,302 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). New York City (up to 3.876%) and Yonkers income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Kingston area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.7), so the average $77,740 buys what about $77,193 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Kingston ($50,020). A typical home costs $442,041, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other New York cities

Kingston ranks 2nd of 13 New York metro areas for this job; Albany pays the most ($79,500).

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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 Kingston

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$50,040 a year
• Bartenders$54,500 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$51,190 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,620 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$42,230 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$41,540 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$40,580 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$38,400 a year

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