Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Tallahassee, FL

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Tallahassee

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,040 a year or less, while the top 10% make $43,150 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Tallahassee earn between $30,430 and $36,400.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Tallahassee

On the average salary of $34,970, a single filer in Tallahassee takes home about $30,278 a year, or $2,523 a month and $1,165 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Tallahassee area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.9), so the average $34,970 buys what about $37,234 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Tallahassee ($46,520). A typical home costs $285,256, or 8.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Florida cities

Tallahassee ranks 22nd of 22 Florida metro areas for this job; Naples pays the most ($42,790).

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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 Tallahassee

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,840 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$32,780 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$31,430 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$56,820 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,660 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$38,900 a year
• Bartenders$37,020 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$34,510 a year

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