Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Toledo, OH

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Toledo

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,070 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,080 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Toledo earn between $29,660 and $36,960.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Toledo

On the average salary of $34,830, a single filer in Toledo takes home about $28,786 a year, or $2,399 a month and $1,107 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 (2026 rules). Includes Toledo's local income tax (2.5%); the city income tax is that of the principal city (suburbs have their own rates) and school district income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Toledo area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.5), so the average $34,830 buys what about $38,084 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Toledo ($48,220). A typical home costs $203,726, or 5.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Ohio cities

Toledo ranks 7th of 12 Ohio metro areas for this job; Cleveland pays the most ($37,330).

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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 Toledo

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,840 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$35,460 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$30,630 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$25,010 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$58,270 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,730 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$41,030 a year
• Bartenders$38,710 a year

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