Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Columbus, IN

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Columbus

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $25,740 a year or less, while the top 10% make $40,930 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Columbus earn between $28,320 and $36,380.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Columbus

On the average salary of $32,610, a single filer in Columbus takes home about $26,881 a year, or $2,240 a month and $1,034 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Includes Columbus's local income tax (1.75%).

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

Prices in the Columbus area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.0), so the average $32,610 buys what about $35,063 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Columbus ($48,470). A typical home costs $277,164, or 8.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Indiana cities

Columbus ranks 10th of 12 Indiana metro areas for this job; Indianapolis pays the most ($35,550).

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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 Columbus

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,930 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$32,060 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$46,050 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$31,530 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$30,060 a year
• Bartenders$28,970 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,300 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$27,450 a year

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