Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Roanoke, VA

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Roanoke

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $42,820 a year or less, while the top 10% make $79,890 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Roanoke earn between $50,120 and $65,160.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Roanoke

On the average salary of $59,700, a single filer in Roanoke takes home about $47,530 a year, or $3,961 a month and $1,828 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 (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Roanoke area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $59,700 buys what about $63,770 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Roanoke ($47,140). A typical home costs $301,139, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Virginia cities

Roanoke ranks 6th of 8 Virginia metro areas for this job; Richmond pays the most ($65,130).

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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 Roanoke

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,210 a year
• Bartenders$51,590 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$42,030 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,780 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,370 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$32,840 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$31,990 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$31,740 a year

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