Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Johnstown, PA

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Johnstown

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $21,440 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,190 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Johnstown earn between $27,930 and $35,300.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Johnstown

On the average salary of $31,000, a single filer in Johnstown takes home about $26,137 a year, or $2,178 a month and $1,005 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Local earned income taxes (for example Philadelphia's wage tax) are not included.

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

Prices in the Johnstown area are 14% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.9), so the average $31,000 buys what about $36,076 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Johnstown ($44,110). A typical home costs $107,146, or 3.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Pennsylvania cities

Johnstown ranks 16th of 16 Pennsylvania metro areas for this job; Philadelphia pays the most ($38,970).

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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 Johnstown

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$32,240 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$25,290 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$61,810 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$36,240 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$32,660 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$28,160 a year
• Bartenders$26,220 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,750 a year

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