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Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders salary in Georgia

The median food cooking machine operators and tenders in Georgia earns $38,440 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,589 a month.

10th percentile
$31,500
25th percentile
$36,260
Median percentile
$38,440
75th percentile
$43,020
90th percentile
$49,280

Based on 690 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

$31,072 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,440
Federal income tax−$2,433
Social Security + Medicare−$2,941
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$1,995
Monthly take-home$2,589
Every two weeks$1,195

Does it go far here?

$39,920Median pay in Georgia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
54%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 food cooking machine operators and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Georgia