Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Springfield, MA

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Springfield

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,160 a year or less, while the top 10% make $54,830 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Springfield earn between $37,410 and $46,100.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Springfield

On the average salary of $42,540, a single filer in Springfield takes home about $34,554 a year, or $2,879 a month and $1,329 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave premiums are not included.

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

Prices in the Springfield area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.1), so the average $42,540 buys what about $44,284 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Springfield ($51,930). A typical home costs $376,017, or 8.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Massachusetts cities

Springfield ranks 6th of 6 Massachusetts metro areas for this job; Barnstable pays the most ($46,830).

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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 Springfield

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,070 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$39,790 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$38,520 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,890 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$65,500 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$48,290 a year
• Bartenders$41,310 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$41,130 a year

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