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Cooks, All Other salary in Georgia

The median cooks, all other in Georgia earns $42,960 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,872 a month.

10th percentile
$27,590
25th percentile
$34,030
Median percentile
$42,960
75th percentile
$42,960
90th percentile
$42,960

Based on 340 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

$34,469 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,960
Federal income tax−$2,975
Social Security + Medicare−$3,286
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,230
Monthly take-home$2,872
Every two weeks$1,326

Does it go far here?

$44,614Median pay in Georgia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
48%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,393 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Georgia

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Cardiologists$610,070
General Internal Medicine Physicians$425,460
Physicians, All Other$266,880
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Anesthesiologists$230,000
Nurse Anesthetists$224,630
Chief Executives$208,180

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