Cooks, Short Order Salary in Bellingham, WA

Cooks, Short Order pay range in Bellingham

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,480 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,920 or more. The middle half of cooks, short order in Bellingham earn between $36,480 and $45,700.

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

Cooks, Short Order salary after taxes in Bellingham

On the average salary of $40,670, a single filer in Bellingham takes home about $34,858 a year, or $2,905 a month and $1,341 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% 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 Bellingham a good place for cooks, short order? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bellingham area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.3), so the average $40,670 buys what about $39,358 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Bellingham ($57,820). A typical home costs $620,829, or 15.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Short Order salary in other Washington cities

Bellingham ranks 2nd of 4 Washington metro areas for this job; Seattle pays the most ($49,560).

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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).

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Related jobs in Bellingham

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$49,870 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$45,550 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$40,960 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$38,920 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$67,610 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$59,820 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$59,780 a year
• Bartenders$59,340 a year

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