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Cooks, Fast Food salary in Minnesota

The median cooks, fast food in Minnesota earns $34,120 a year, 10% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,273 a month.

10th percentile
$24,550
25th percentile
$29,890
Median percentile
$34,120
75th percentile
$38,630
90th percentile
$39,560

Based on 5,190 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

$27,275 take-home a year
Gross pay$34,120
Federal income tax−$1,914
Social Security + Medicare−$2,610
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$2,320
Monthly take-home$2,273
Every two weeks$1,049

Does it go far here?

$34,597Median pay in Minnesota is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
56%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,280 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minnesota

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$568,150
Anesthesiologists$496,510
Emergency Medicine Physicians$390,940
General Internal Medicine Physicians$373,700
Physicians, All Other$367,320
Physicians, Pathologists$362,270
Psychiatrists$336,410
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,910

All cooks, fast food salaries · Take-home pay in Minnesota