SALARY · COOKS, RESTAURANT · OREGON

Cooks, Restaurant salary in Oregon

People ask me what a job pays, and my honest answer is always: it depends on the state. For cooks, restaurant in Oregon, the middle of the field earned $43,100 a year. Use that as your anchor, then look at experience, employer size and city before you judge any single offer.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$43,100

$21 per hour at the median · That is $5,710 (15.3 percent) above the national median of $37,390 for this occupation.

$44,130Mean annual salary
$21Mean hourly wage
$21,550People employed in this job in Oregon

Salary range

25th: $38,030Median: $43,10075th: $47,730
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$38,030
Median (50th percentile)$43,100
75th percentile$47,730
Mean$44,130

The middle half of workers earned from $38,030 to $47,730 a year. Hourly pay matters if your hours vary. An annual figure can look strong while the hourly rate tells a different story, especially in jobs with seasonal hours or overtime. Check both before you compare two offers.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$34,138 a year
$2,845 a month
Federal tax $2,992 · FICA $3,297 · State tax $2,673

Caveat: this is a withholding publication verification, not a final return booklet verification. The final 2026 Form OR-40 instructions were not yet available at research time, and the annual return federal subtraction is federal tax liability, whereas the withholding formula subtracts federal tax withheld.

The Oregon statewide transit tax of 0.1 percent is separate and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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