Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Salisbury, MD

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Salisbury

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,780 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Salisbury earn between $34,550 and $38,110.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Salisbury

On the average salary of $37,090, a single filer in Salisbury takes home about $30,432 a year, or $2,536 a month and $1,170 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 Salisbury a good place for cooks, restaurant? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Salisbury area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.6), so the average $37,090 buys what about $38,790 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Salisbury ($48,710). A typical home costs $429,483, or 11.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Maryland cities

Salisbury ranks 3rd of 4 Maryland metro areas for this job; Baltimore pays the most ($39,330).

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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 Salisbury

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,120 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$33,900 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,710 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$67,820 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,820 a year
• Bartenders$43,310 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$41,760 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$36,350 a year

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