Cooks, Short Order Salary in Medford, OR

Cooks, Short Order pay range in Medford

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,710 a year or less, while the top 10% make $54,870 or more. The middle half of cooks, short order in Medford earn between $33,860 and $38,010.

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

Cooks, Short Order salary after taxes in Medford

On the average salary of $39,490, a single filer in Medford takes home about $31,236 a year, or $2,603 a month and $1,201 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

Is Medford a good place for cooks, short order? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Medford area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.4), so the average $39,490 buys what about $38,932 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Medford ($49,900). A typical home costs $439,493, or 11.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Short Order salary in other Oregon cities

Medford ranks 3rd of 7 Oregon metro areas for this job; Corvallis pays the most ($48,580).

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

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• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,660 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$41,180 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$37,700 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$66,510 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$50,910 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$48,460 a year
• Bartenders$44,820 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$38,730 a year

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