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Cooks, All Other salary in Cleveland, TN

The median cooks, all other in Cleveland, TN earns $20,420 a year, 46% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $1,535 a month.

10th percentile
$20,040
25th percentile
$20,040
Median percentile
$20,420
75th percentile
$33,810
90th percentile
$36,600

Based on 40 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$18,426 take-home a year
Gross pay$20,420
Federal income tax−$432
Social Security + Medicare−$1,562
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$1,535
Every two weeks$709

Does it go far here?

$23,183Median pay in Cleveland, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.1 vs 100).
66%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,006 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Cleveland, TN

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$92,800
Registered Nurses$72,800
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,190
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,250
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,110
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,580
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,460
Production Workers, All Other$38,010

All cooks, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Tennessee