Cooks, Restaurant Salary in Oshkosh, WI

Cooks, Restaurant pay range in Oshkosh

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,190 a year or less, while the top 10% make $45,150 or more. The middle half of cooks, restaurant in Oshkosh earn between $30,510 and $38,850.

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

Cooks, Restaurant salary after taxes in Oshkosh

On the average salary of $35,870, a single filer in Oshkosh takes home about $30,121 a year, or $2,510 a month and $1,159 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Oshkosh area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.9), so the average $35,870 buys what about $38,599 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Oshkosh ($54,060). A typical home costs $304,543, or 8.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Restaurant salary in other Wisconsin cities

Oshkosh ranks 5th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Madison pays the most ($39,150).

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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 Oshkosh

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$40,220 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,500 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$59,620 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,470 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$35,970 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,150 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,010 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$28,860 a year

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