Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Baltimore, MD

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Baltimore

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,250 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,870 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Baltimore earn between $36,330 and $42,110.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Baltimore

On the average salary of $39,330, a single filer in Baltimore takes home about $32,125 a year, or $2,677 a month and $1,236 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). Maryland's county income tax (2.25%–3.30%, charged in every county) is not included, so real take-home pay is lower.

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

Prices in the Baltimore area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 104.5), so the average $39,330 buys what about $37,641 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Baltimore ($59,070). A typical home costs $405,877, or 10.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Maryland cities

Baltimore ranks 1st of 4 Maryland metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Cooks, Restaurant salaries in Maryland

Highest-paying cities for cooks, restaurant

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($54,460).

Cooks, Restaurant salary by city

Related jobs in Baltimore

• Cooks, All Other$42,590 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,670 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$38,190 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,910 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$34,070 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$63,640 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,730 a year
• Bartenders$45,020 a year

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