Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Fairbanks, AK

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Fairbanks

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,240 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,780 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Fairbanks earn between $36,900 and $44,060.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Fairbanks

On the average salary of $42,080, a single filer in Fairbanks takes home about $35,991 a year, or $2,999 a month and $1,384 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Fairbanks a good place for cooks, restaurant? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Fairbanks area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.2), so the average $42,080 buys what about $40,772 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Fairbanks ($61,810). A typical home costs $312,179, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Alaska cities

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

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Highest-paying cities for cooks, restaurant

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($54,460).

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Related jobs in Fairbanks

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$51,500 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,660 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,260 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$55,690 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,720 a year
• Bartenders$38,030 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$36,470 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$34,300 a year

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