Cooks, All Other Salary — Seattle, Washington

The average Cooks, All Other in Seattle, Washington earns $53,780 a year.

$53,780 / year, mean
↑ 37.1% above national average 100th percentile in Washington

Seattle sits at the very top of the range for this role in Washington — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for cooks, all other than the U.S. average. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
80
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 111 #7 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $750,279 #12 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $112,594 #5 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Seattle ranks #7 for cost of living and #12 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $53,780 Syracuse $50,610 San Jose $48,760 Santa Rosa $47,470 San Francisco $46,610 New York $44,940 Richmond $44,800 Portland $42,950 Miami $42,800 Salinas $42,800 Baltimore $42,590 San Diego $42,560 San Luis Obispo $42,330 Los Angeles $42,220 Kiryas Joel $41,550 Jacksonville $41,380 Buffalo $41,160 Philadelphia $40,360 Sacramento $40,280 Riverside $40,120 Eugene $40,060 Chicago $39,920 Tampa $39,660 Ann Arbor $39,190 Midland $37,950 Allentown $37,820 Lancaster $37,410 Orlando $37,140 Reading $36,940 Austin $36,320 Dallas $34,750 Virginia Beach $34,540 Harrisburg $34,420 Killeen $33,500 San Antonio $33,210 Houston $32,610 Waco $32,150 College Station $28,700 Lubbock $27,990 El Paso $27,670 Laredo $25,870
CityMean salaryvs. Seattle
Allentown, Pennsylvania$37,820-29.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$39,190-27.1%
Austin, Texas$36,320-32.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$42,590-20.8%
Buffalo, New York$41,160-23.5%
Chicago, Illinois$39,920-25.8%
College Station, Texas$28,700-46.6%
Dallas, Texas$34,750-35.4%
El Paso, Texas$27,670-48.5%
Eugene, Oregon$40,060-25.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$34,420-36.0%
Houston, Texas$32,610-39.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$41,380-23.1%
Killeen, Texas$33,500-37.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$41,550-22.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$37,410-30.4%
Laredo, Texas$25,870-51.9%
Los Angeles, California$42,220-21.5%
Lubbock, Texas$27,990-48.0%
Miami, Florida$42,800-20.4%
Midland, Texas$37,950-29.4%
New York, New York$44,940-16.4%
Orlando, Florida$37,140-30.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$40,360-25.0%
Portland, Oregon$42,950-20.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$36,940-31.3%
Richmond, Virginia$44,800-16.7%
Riverside, California$40,120-25.4%
Sacramento, California$40,280-25.1%
Salinas, California$42,800-20.4%
San Antonio, Texas$33,210-38.2%
San Diego, California$42,560-20.9%
San Francisco, California$46,610-13.3%
San Jose, California$48,760-9.3%
San Luis Obispo, California$42,330-21.3%
Santa Rosa, California$47,470-11.7%
Syracuse, New York$50,610-5.9%
Tampa, Florida$39,660-26.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$34,540-35.8%
Waco, Texas$32,150-40.2%
Gross salary
53,780/yr
Estimated take-home
45,392/yr
Est. total withheld
15.6%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 35-2019 SOC code
Official area Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
TacomaBellevue
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Washington

Population (metro area)
4,021,467