Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Boulder, CO

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Boulder

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,340 a year or less, while the top 10% make $54,600 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Boulder earn between $37,500 and $46,350.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Boulder

On the average salary of $42,970, a single filer in Boulder takes home about $35,524 a year, or $2,960 a month and $1,366 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Colorado's FAMLI premium and the flat monthly occupational privilege taxes of Denver, Aurora and a few other cities are not included.

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

Prices in the Boulder area are 5% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 105.2), so the average $42,970 buys what about $40,845 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Boulder ($69,580). A typical home costs $727,954, or 16.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Colorado cities

Boulder ranks 2nd of 7 Colorado metro areas for this job; Denver pays the most ($43,550).

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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 Boulder

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,510 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$41,960 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$37,820 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,770 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$56,480 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$55,310 a year
• Bartenders$53,010 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$44,630 a year

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