Cooks, All Other Salary in Syracuse, NY

Cooks, All Other pay range in Syracuse

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,870 a year or less, while the top 10% make $68,990 or more. The middle half of other cooks in Syracuse earn between $44,430 and $60,360.

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

Cooks, All Other salary after taxes in Syracuse

On the average salary of $50,610, a single filer in Syracuse takes home about $40,667 a year, or $3,389 a month and $1,564 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). New York City (up to 3.876%) and Yonkers income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Syracuse area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $50,610 buys what about $52,861 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Syracuse ($52,990). A typical home costs $264,903, or 5.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, All Other salary in other New York cities

Syracuse ranks 1st of 4 New York metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Cooks, All Other salaries in New York

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 Syracuse

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,410 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,660 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$37,450 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,070 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,340 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$70,520 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$53,270 a year
• Bartenders$52,330 a year

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