Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Gainesville, GA

Chefs and Head Cooks pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $95,250 or more. The middle half of chefs and head cooks in Gainesville earn between $52,940 and $74,950.

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

Chefs and Head Cooks salary after taxes in Gainesville

On the average salary of $67,820, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $53,906 a year, or $4,492 a month and $2,073 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.8), so the average $67,820 buys what about $70,087 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($45,900). A typical home costs $393,150, or 5.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chefs and Head Cooks salary in other Georgia cities

Gainesville ranks 3rd of 11 Georgia metro areas for this job; Atlanta pays the most ($73,840).

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Highest-paying cities for chefs and head cooks

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

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Related jobs in Gainesville

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,120 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,690 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$34,460 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$34,260 a year
• Bartenders$34,020 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$33,570 a year
• Dishwashers$30,080 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$29,860 a year

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