Cooks, Fast Food Salary in Springfield, MA

Cooks, Fast Food pay range in Springfield

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,100 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,590 or more. The middle half of cooks, fast food in Springfield earn between $34,100 and $36,460.

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

Cooks, Fast Food salary after taxes in Springfield

On the average salary of $35,890, a single filer in Springfield takes home about $29,543 a year, or $2,462 a month and $1,136 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave premiums are not included.

Is Springfield a good place for cooks, fast food? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Springfield area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.1), so the average $35,890 buys what about $37,362 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Springfield ($51,930). A typical home costs $376,017, or 10.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Fast Food salary in other Massachusetts cities

Springfield ranks 4th of 4 Massachusetts metro areas for this job; Boston pays the most ($41,740).

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Highest-paying cities for cooks, fast food

San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($46,590).

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Related jobs in Springfield

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,070 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$42,540 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$39,790 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$38,520 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$65,500 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$48,290 a year
• Bartenders$41,310 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$41,130 a year

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