Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Provo, UT

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Provo

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $26,740 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,670 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Provo earn between $28,870 and $70,990.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Provo

On the average salary of $53,670, a single filer in Provo takes home about $42,916 a year, or $3,576 a month and $1,651 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). Utah's taxpayer credit is estimated with the Tax Commission's withholding formula.

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

Prices in the Provo area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.2), so the average $53,670 buys what about $54,636 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Provo ($48,010). A typical home costs $546,641, or 10.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Utah cities

Provo ranks 4th of 5 Utah metro areas for this job; Salt Lake City pays the most ($59,170).

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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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• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,830 a year
• Bartenders$43,400 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$38,690 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,580 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,820 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,870 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$34,500 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,920 a year

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