Cooks, All Other Salary in Richmond, VA

Cooks, All Other pay range in Richmond

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $66,560 or more. The middle half of other cooks in Richmond earn between $29,080 and $59,840.

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

Cooks, All Other salary after taxes in Richmond

On the average salary of $44,800, a single filer in Richmond takes home about $36,415 a year, or $3,035 a month and $1,401 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Richmond area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.9), so the average $44,800 buys what about $45,781 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Richmond ($51,460). A typical home costs $397,705, or 8.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, All Other salary in other Virginia cities

Richmond ranks 1st of 2 Virginia metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Cooks, All Other salaries in Virginia

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 Richmond

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,980 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$37,100 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$34,120 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$32,730 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$31,870 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$65,130 a year
• Bartenders$51,750 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$46,860 a year

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