SALARY · COOKS, RESTAURANT · WISCONSIN

Cooks, Restaurant salary in Wisconsin

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for cooks, restaurant in Wisconsin: $36,550 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$36,550

$18 per hour at the median · That is $840 (2.2 percent) below the national median of $37,390 for this occupation.

$36,690Mean annual salary
$18Mean hourly wage
$25,410People employed in this job in Wisconsin

Salary range

25th: $31,240Median: $36,55075th: $40,280
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$31,240
Median (50th percentile)$36,550
75th percentile$40,280
Mean$36,690

The middle half of workers earned from $31,240 to $40,280 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$30,634 a year
$2,553 a month
Federal tax $2,206 · FICA $2,796 · State tax $914
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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