Cooks, Fast Food Salary in Reno, NV

Cooks, Fast Food pay range in Reno

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,060 a year or less, while the top 10% make $36,750 or more. The middle half of cooks, fast food in Reno earn between $27,620 and $35,550.

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

Cooks, Fast Food salary after taxes in Reno

On the average salary of $31,460, a single filer in Reno takes home about $27,458 a year, or $2,288 a month and $1,056 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Reno a good place for cooks, fast food? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Reno area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.0), so the average $31,460 buys what about $31,144 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Reno ($49,660). A typical home costs $570,546, or 18.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Fast Food salary in other Nevada cities

Reno ranks 3rd of 3 Nevada metro areas for this job; Carson City pays the most ($36,250).

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Highest-paying cities for cooks, fast food

San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($46,590).

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Related jobs in Reno

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$42,460 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,490 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$37,160 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$34,550 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$66,240 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$44,590 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$36,410 a year
• Dishwashers$33,720 a year

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