Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Yakima, WA

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Yakima

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,670 a year or less, while the top 10% make $53,230 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Yakima earn between $37,710 and $46,440.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Yakima

On the average salary of $43,460, a single filer in Yakima takes home about $37,100 a year, or $3,092 a month and $1,427 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 Yakima a good place for cooks, restaurant? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Yakima area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.5), so the average $43,460 buys what about $45,486 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Yakima ($47,810). A typical home costs $355,256, or 8.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Washington cities

Yakima ranks 9th 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).

Cooks, Restaurant salary by city

Related jobs in Yakima

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,890 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$40,820 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$40,410 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$37,110 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,960 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$57,000 a year
• Bartenders$55,280 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$53,650 a year

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