Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Syracuse, NY

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Syracuse

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,320 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,080 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Syracuse earn between $36,420 and $45,020.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Syracuse

On the average salary of $40,660, a single filer in Syracuse takes home about $33,219 a year, or $2,768 a month and $1,278 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). New York City (up to 3.876%) and Yonkers income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Syracuse area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $40,660 buys what about $42,468 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Syracuse ($52,990). A typical home costs $264,903, or 6.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other New York cities

Syracuse ranks 8th 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 Syracuse

• Cooks, All Other$50,610 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,410 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$37,450 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,070 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$35,340 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$70,520 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$53,270 a year
• Bartenders$52,330 a year

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