Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Syracuse, NY

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Syracuse

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,350 a year or less, while the top 10% make $101,570 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Syracuse earn between $52,000 and $82,600.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Syracuse

On the average salary of $70,520, a single filer in Syracuse takes home about $55,167 a year, or $4,597 a month and $2,122 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% 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 Syracuse a good place for chefs and head cooks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Syracuse area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $70,520 buys what about $73,656 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Syracuse ($52,990). A typical home costs $264,903, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other New York cities

Syracuse ranks 8th 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 Syracuse

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,100 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$53,270 a year
• Bartenders$52,330 a year
• Cooks, All Other$50,610 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,410 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,660 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$37,980 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$37,450 a year

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