Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Salary in Boise, ID

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria pay range in Boise

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,970 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,890 or more. The middle half of cooks, institution and cafeteria in Boise earn between $33,380 and $43,770.

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

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria salary after taxes in Boise

On the average salary of $37,520, a single filer in Boise takes home about $31,447 a year, or $2,621 a month and $1,210 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). Idaho's zero bracket uses the latest published amount ($4,811, 2025).

Is Boise a good place for cooks, institution and cafeteria? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Boise area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.4), so the average $37,520 buys what about $38,134 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Boise ($49,100). A typical home costs $496,288, or 13.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria salary in other Idaho cities

Boise ranks 3rd of 6 Idaho metro areas for this job; Lewiston pays the most ($38,430).

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Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($57,770).

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Related jobs in Boise

• Cooks, Restaurant$38,110 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,940 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$31,190 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$54,970 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,720 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$37,480 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$35,290 a year
• Bartenders$35,280 a year

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