Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Monroe, MI

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Monroe

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,250 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,590 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Monroe earn between $30,580 and $38,180.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Monroe

On the average salary of $35,860, a single filer in Monroe takes home about $29,716 a year, or $2,476 a month and $1,143 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 Monroe a good place for cooks, restaurant? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Monroe area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.5), so the average $35,860 buys what about $38,356 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Monroe ($46,240). A typical home costs $269,112, or 7.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Michigan cities

Monroe ranks 14th of 15 Michigan metro areas for this job; Ann Arbor pays the most ($39,380).

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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 Monroe

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$35,450 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$31,000 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$28,430 a year
• Bartenders$44,160 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$43,460 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,260 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$32,620 a year
• Dishwashers$30,420 a year

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