SALARY · COOKS, INSTITUTION AND CAFETERIA · GEORGIA

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria salary in Georgia

Before you accept an offer, it helps to know what typical pay looks like where the job actually sits. For cooks, institution and cafeteria in Georgia, BLS put the median at $35,090 a year. The percentiles below show what the lower and upper parts of the field looked like.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$35,090

$17 per hour at the median · That is $2,360 (6.3 percent) below the national median of $37,450 for this occupation.

$35,380Mean annual salary
$17Mean hourly wage
$8,220People employed in this job in Georgia

Salary range

25th: $30,220Median: $35,09075th: $38,250
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$30,220
Median (50th percentile)$35,090
75th percentile$38,250
Mean$35,380

The middle half of workers earned from $30,220 to $38,250 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 TAKE-HOME PAY

$29,372 a year
$2,448 a month
Federal tax $2,031 · FICA $2,684 · State tax $1,002
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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