Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Chico, CA

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Chico

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,410 a year or less, while the top 10% make $45,740 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Chico earn between $36,420 and $44,610.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Chico

On the average salary of $40,100, a single filer in Chico takes home about $33,661 a year, or $2,805 a month and $1,295 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 (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

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

Prices in the Chico area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.2), so the average $40,100 buys what about $39,626 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Chico ($48,050). A typical home costs $401,581, or 10.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other California cities

Chico ranks 22nd of 25 California metro areas for this job; San Jose pays the most ($49,390).

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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 Chico

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$42,850 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$40,300 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$39,010 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$38,910 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$57,210 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$50,850 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$39,600 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$39,470 a year

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