Cooks, Restaurant Salary in McAllen, TX

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in McAllen

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $19,850 a year or less, while the top 10% make $34,590 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in McAllen earn between $22,960 and $32,480.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in McAllen

On the average salary of $28,010, a single filer in McAllen takes home about $24,676 a year, or $2,056 a month and $949 every two weeks. Taxes take 12% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the McAllen area are 14% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.9), so the average $28,010 buys what about $32,610 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in McAllen ($35,830). A typical home costs $193,978, or 6.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Texas cities

McAllen ranks 24th of 25 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($36,430).

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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).

Cooks, Restaurant salary by city

Related jobs in McAllen

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$29,630 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$28,820 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$27,340 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$45,900 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,430 a year
• Bartenders$27,780 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$25,330 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,170 a year

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