Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Yakima, WA

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Yakima

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $46,900 a year or less, while the top 10% make $79,250 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Yakima earn between $52,590 and $74,210.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Yakima

On the average salary of $64,960, a single filer in Yakima takes home about $54,375 a year, or $4,531 a month and $2,091 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. Washington's WA Cares (0.58%) and Paid Family and Medical Leave payroll premiums are not included.

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

Prices in the Yakima area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.5), so the average $64,960 buys what about $67,989 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Yakima ($47,810). A typical home costs $355,256, or 5.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Washington cities

Yakima ranks 10th of 10 Washington metro areas for this job; Seattle pays the most ($76,820).

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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 Yakima

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$57,000 a year
• Bartenders$55,280 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$53,650 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,890 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$43,460 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$40,820 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$40,410 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$39,010 a year

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