SALARY · COOKS, FAST FOOD · VERMONT

Cooks, Fast Food salary in Vermont

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Vermont, the middle cooks, fast food earned $38,230 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$38,230

$18 per hour at the median · That is $7,340 (23.8 percent) above the national median of $30,890 for this occupation.

$37,110Mean annual salary
$18Mean hourly wage
$640People employed in this job in Vermont

Salary range

25th: $36,190Median: $38,23075th: $38,740
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$36,190
Median (50th percentile)$38,230
75th percentile$38,740
Mean$37,110

The middle half of workers earned from $36,190 to $38,740 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$32,898 a year
$2,741 a month
Federal tax $2,408 · FICA $2,925

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Vermont is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Vermont has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home 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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