Cooks, All Other Salary in Tucson, AZ

Cooks, All Other pay range in Tucson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,580 a year or less, while the top 10% make $56,830 or more. The middle half of other cooks in Tucson earn between $37,910 and $44,080.

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

Cooks, All Other salary after taxes in Tucson

On the average salary of $43,440, a single filer in Tucson takes home about $36,392 a year, or $3,033 a month and $1,400 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Tucson a good place for other cooks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tucson area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.9), so the average $43,440 buys what about $44,832 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Tucson ($47,760). A typical home costs $343,580, or 7.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, All Other salary in other Arizona cities

Tucson ranks 2nd of 2 Arizona metro areas for this job; Phoenix pays the most ($46,160).

All Cooks, All Other salaries in Arizona

Highest-paying cities for other cooks

Burlington, VT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($54,270).

Cooks, All Other salary by city

Related jobs in Tucson

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$39,210 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$38,560 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$38,200 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$35,990 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$31,700 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$56,750 a year
• Bartenders$49,610 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$45,450 a year

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