Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Midland, TX

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Midland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,800 a year or less, while the top 10% make $93,020 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Midland earn between $40,760 and $73,200.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Midland

On the average salary of $60,410, a single filer in Midland takes home about $50,719 a year, or $4,227 a month and $1,951 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Midland area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.8), so the average $60,410 buys what about $63,070 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Midland ($54,480). A typical home costs $330,428, or 5.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Texas cities

Midland ranks 3rd of 23 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($68,120).

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Highest-paying cities for chefs and head cooks

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

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Related jobs in Midland

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,660 a year
• Cooks, All Other$37,950 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,500 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,460 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,700 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$32,900 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$31,950 a year
• Dishwashers$30,910 a year

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