Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Kingston, NY

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Kingston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,840 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,450 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Kingston earn between $37,120 and $46,130.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Kingston

On the average salary of $42,230, a single filer in Kingston takes home about $34,394 a year, or $2,866 a month and $1,323 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 (2025 rules). New York City (up to 3.876%) and Yonkers income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Kingston area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.7), so the average $42,230 buys what about $41,933 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Kingston ($50,020). A typical home costs $442,041, or 10.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other New York cities

Kingston ranks 3rd of 13 New York metro areas for this job; New York pays the most ($43,200).

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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 Kingston

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,620 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$41,540 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$38,400 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,490 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$77,740 a year
• Bartenders$54,500 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$51,190 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$50,040 a year

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