Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Lewiston, ME

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Lewiston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,420 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,490 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Lewiston earn between $39,680 and $46,500.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Lewiston

On the average salary of $44,460, a single filer in Lewiston takes home about $36,543 a year, or $3,045 a month and $1,405 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 (2026 rules). Maine's standard deduction phase-out above $102,250 of income is not modelled.

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

Prices in the Lewiston area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 94.7), so the average $44,460 buys what about $46,930 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Lewiston ($49,540). A typical home costs $333,850, or 7.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Maine cities

Lewiston ranks 2nd of 3 Maine metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($46,670).

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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 Lewiston

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,080 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,270 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,990 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$62,390 a year
• Bartenders$54,000 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$50,340 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$48,700 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$43,690 a year

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