Cooks, Short Order Salary in Phoenix, AZ

Cooks, Short Order pay range in Phoenix

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,550 a year or less, while the top 10% make $50,180 or more. The middle half of cooks, short order in Phoenix earn between $40,850 and $50,180.

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

Cooks, Short Order salary after taxes in Phoenix

On the average salary of $45,480, a single filer in Phoenix takes home about $37,980 a year, or $3,165 a month and $1,461 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 Phoenix a good place for cooks, short order? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Phoenix area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.3), so the average $45,480 buys what about $44,020 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Phoenix ($51,380). A typical home costs $448,352, or 9.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Short Order salary in other Arizona cities

Phoenix ranks 1st of 3 Arizona metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for cooks, short order

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,560).

Cooks, Short Order salary by city

Related jobs in Phoenix

• Cooks, All Other$46,160 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$42,250 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,910 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$38,500 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$33,920 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$62,120 a year
• Bartenders$55,860 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$53,370 a year

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