Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Modesto, CA

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Modesto

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,680 a year or less, while the top 10% make $47,040 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Modesto earn between $37,600 and $45,750.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Modesto

On the average salary of $42,220, a single filer in Modesto takes home about $35,279 a year, or $2,940 a month and $1,357 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 Modesto a good place for cooks, restaurant? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Modesto area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 104.1), so the average $42,220 buys what about $40,554 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Modesto ($50,610). A typical home costs $468,302, or 11.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other California cities

Modesto ranks 16th of 25 California metro areas for this job; San Jose pays the most ($49,390).

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

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Related jobs in Modesto

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,530 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$41,900 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$40,710 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$40,410 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$67,600 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$50,190 a year
• Bartenders$42,390 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$41,600 a year

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