Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Midland, MI

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Midland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,650 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,360 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Midland earn between $32,070 and $37,350.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Midland

On the average salary of $36,200, a single filer in Midland takes home about $29,975 a year, or $2,498 a month and $1,153 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).

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

Prices in the Midland area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.9), so the average $36,200 buys what about $39,382 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Midland ($49,340). A typical home costs $247,026, or 6.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Michigan cities

Midland ranks 10th of 15 Michigan metro areas for this job; Ann Arbor pays the most ($39,380).

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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 Midland

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,240 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$29,920 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$28,980 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$63,400 a year
• Bartenders$45,450 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$44,040 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,380 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$34,710 a year

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