Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Evansville, IN

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Evansville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $26,130 a year or less, while the top 10% make $40,060 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Evansville earn between $28,670 and $36,380.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Evansville

On the average salary of $33,210, a single filer in Evansville takes home about $27,495 a year, or $2,291 a month and $1,058 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 (2025 rules). Includes Evansville's local income tax (1.25%).

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

Prices in the Evansville area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.5), so the average $33,210 buys what about $36,284 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Evansville ($46,540). A typical home costs $226,753, or 6.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Indiana cities

Evansville ranks 7th of 12 Indiana metro areas for this job; Indianapolis pays the most ($35,550).

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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 Evansville

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,480 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$30,040 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$49,720 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,860 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$31,330 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$30,650 a year
• Dishwashers$28,560 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,890 a year

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