Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Lawton, OK

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Lawton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,060 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,800 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Lawton earn between $27,940 and $35,100.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Lawton

On the average salary of $30,990, a single filer in Lawton takes home about $26,231 a year, or $2,186 a month and $1,009 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Lawton area are 14% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.9), so the average $30,990 buys what about $36,060 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Lawton ($42,090). A typical home costs $154,345, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Oklahoma cities

Lawton ranks 3rd of 4 Oklahoma metro areas for this job; Oklahoma City pays the most ($36,440).

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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 Lawton

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,220 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$28,020 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$26,930 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$36,470 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$34,040 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$33,190 a year
• Bartenders$26,820 a year
• Dishwashers$26,480 a year

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