Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Dalton, GA

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Dalton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,920 a year or less, while the top 10% make $88,930 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Dalton earn between $29,360 and $70,170.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Dalton

On the average salary of $55,900, a single filer in Dalton takes home about $45,055 a year, or $3,755 a month and $1,733 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Dalton a good place for chefs and head cooks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Dalton area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.8), so the average $55,900 buys what about $62,219 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Dalton ($42,210). A typical home costs $250,372, or 4.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Georgia cities

Dalton ranks 11th of 11 Georgia metro areas for this job; Atlanta pays the most ($73,840).

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Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($91,380).

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Related jobs in Dalton

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$39,190 a year
• Bartenders$33,070 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$30,930 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$29,930 a year
• Dishwashers$27,490 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,240 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$25,020 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$24,850 a year

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