Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Flagstaff

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,310 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,370 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Flagstaff earn between $36,620 and $43,990.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Flagstaff

On the average salary of $40,110, a single filer in Flagstaff takes home about $33,799 a year, or $2,817 a month and $1,300 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).

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

Prices in the Flagstaff area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.3), so the average $40,110 buys what about $39,980 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Flagstaff ($47,500). A typical home costs $628,981, or 15.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Arizona cities

Flagstaff ranks 2nd of 7 Arizona metro areas for this job; Phoenix pays the most ($40,910).

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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 Flagstaff

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,840 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$38,030 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$33,940 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$61,720 a year
• Bartenders$52,610 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$48,990 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$46,510 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$42,510 a year

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