Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Spokane, WA

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Spokane

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,450 a year or less, while the top 10% make $54,440 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Spokane earn between $37,890 and $46,380.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Spokane

On the average salary of $43,580, a single filer in Spokane takes home about $37,197 a year, or $3,100 a month and $1,431 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Washington's WA Cares (0.58%) and Paid Family and Medical Leave payroll premiums are not included.

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

Prices in the Spokane area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.3), so the average $43,580 buys what about $43,430 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Spokane ($54,660). A typical home costs $423,842, or 9.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Washington cities

Spokane ranks 8th of 11 Washington metro areas for this job; Seattle pays the most ($49,000).

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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 Spokane

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,460 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$39,060 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$36,980 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$68,290 a year
• Bartenders$57,470 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$56,420 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$55,270 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$39,870 a year

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