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Cooks, Short Order salary in Minnesota

The median cooks, short order in Minnesota earns $32,150 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,152 a month.

10th percentile
$23,150
25th percentile
$24,750
Median percentile
$32,150
75th percentile
$39,090
90th percentile
$44,460

Based on 870 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

$25,826 take-home a year
Gross pay$32,150
Federal income tax−$1,678
Social Security + Medicare−$2,459
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$2,186
Monthly take-home$2,152
Every two weeks$993

Does it go far here?

$32,600Median pay in Minnesota is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
59%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, short order salaries · Take-home pay in Minnesota