Cooks, Fast Food Salary — Abilene, Texas

The average Cooks, Fast Food in Abilene, Texas earns $27,450 a year.

$27,450 / year, mean
↓ 17.5% below national average 45th percentile in Texas

Abilene sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Texas — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for cooks, fast food, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
280
Estimate confidence
RSE 5.4%
Cost of living 90 #159 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $217,009 #160 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $66,464 #128 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Abilene ranks #159 for cost of living and #160 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $46,590 San Jose $46,530 Vallejo $44,360 Napa $43,910 Seattle $43,770 Santa Rosa $43,620 Santa Maria $42,120 Santa Cruz $42,030 Salinas $41,940 Portland $41,910 Modesto $41,900 San Diego $41,710 Kingston $41,540 Riverside $41,430 Yuba City $41,400 Oxnard $41,330 San Luis Obispo $41,230 Sacramento $40,910 Stockton $40,780 El Centro $40,360 Bakersfield $40,330 Chico $40,300 Los Angeles $40,210 Hanford $40,150 Redding $40,000 Merced $39,880 Visalia $39,830 Fresno $39,650 Bremerton $39,040 Mount Vernon $39,020 Austin $38,950 Bellingham $38,920 Wenatchee $38,770 Olympia $38,160 Kennewick $38,130 Bend $37,740 Longview $37,710 Yakima $37,110 Atlantic City $36,980 New York $36,760 Glens Falls $36,180 Eugene $36,130 Chicago $36,000 Corvallis $35,990 Binghamton $35,870 Salem $35,810 Syracuse $35,340 Buffalo $35,330 Rochester $34,930 Philadelphia $34,630 Utica $34,590 Naples $34,270 Baltimore $34,070 Salisbury $33,900 Champaign $33,790 Miami $33,790 Dover $33,760 Albany $33,690 Rockford $33,690 Charlottesville $33,540 Sarasota $33,420 Lexington Park $33,330 Peoria $33,100 Bloomington $32,770 Richmond $32,730 Tampa $32,460 Kankakee $32,300 Fort Myers $32,130 Allentown $31,960 Midland $31,950 Dallas $31,830 Ann Arbor $31,790 Detroit $31,780 Indianapolis $31,760 Orlando $31,750 Crestview $31,740 Pensacola $31,560 Deltona $31,420 Port St. Lucie $31,220 Sebastian $30,730 Harrisonburg $30,630 Roanoke $30,590 San Antonio $30,480 Harrisburg $30,350 Corpus Christi $30,310 Kalamazoo $30,280 Lancaster $30,260 State College $30,260 Traverse City $30,180 Waco $30,150 Lynchburg $30,060 Lafayette $30,010 Grand Rapids $30,000 Ocala $29,920 South Bend $29,740 Bloomington $29,660 Lansing $29,640 Jacksonville $29,620 York $29,620 Virginia Beach $29,490 Flint $29,450 Gettysburg $29,380 Scranton $29,380 Killeen $29,320 Jackson $29,190 Winchester $29,140 Niles $29,080 Midland $28,980 Odessa $28,820 Sherman $28,590 Muskegon $28,530 Hagerstown $28,440 Monroe $28,430 Longview $28,270 Terre Haute $28,160 Amarillo $28,130 Chambersburg $28,130 Pittsburgh $27,690 Altoona $27,500 Abilene $27,450 McAllen $27,340 Beaumont $27,130 Lubbock $26,970 Louisville $26,590 Houston $26,360 Brownsville $26,260 Lexington $26,180 El Paso $26,160 San Angelo $26,070 Weirton $25,320 Texarkana $25,310 Bowling Green $25,170 Elizabethtown $25,020 Owensboro $24,560 Charleston $24,520 Wheeling $24,520 Parkersburg $24,170 Huntington $24,150 Beckley $23,690
CityMean salaryvs. Abilene
Albany, New York$33,690+22.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$31,960+16.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$27,500+0.2%
Amarillo, Texas$28,130+2.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$31,790+15.8%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$36,980+34.7%
Austin, Texas$38,950+41.9%
Bakersfield, California$40,330+46.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$34,070+24.1%
Beaumont, Texas$27,130-1.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$23,690-13.7%
Bellingham, Washington$38,920+41.8%
Bend, Oregon$37,740+37.5%
Binghamton, New York$35,870+30.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$32,770+19.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$29,660+8.1%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$25,170-8.3%
Bremerton, Washington$39,040+42.2%
Brownsville, Texas$26,260-4.3%
Buffalo, New York$35,330+28.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$32,130+17.0%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$28,130+2.5%
Champaign, Illinois$33,790+23.1%
Charleston, West Virginia$24,520-10.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$33,540+22.2%
Chicago, Illinois$36,000+31.1%
Chico, California$40,300+46.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$30,310+10.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$35,990+31.1%
Crestview, Florida$31,740+15.6%
Dallas, Texas$31,830+16.0%
Deltona, Florida$31,420+14.5%
Detroit, Michigan$31,780+15.8%
Dover, Delaware$33,760+23.0%
El Centro, California$40,360+47.0%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$25,020-8.9%
El Paso, Texas$26,160-4.7%
Eugene, Oregon$36,130+31.6%
Flint, Michigan$29,450+7.3%
Fresno, California$39,650+44.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$29,380+7.0%
Glens Falls, New York$36,180+31.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$30,000+9.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$28,440+3.6%
Hanford, California$40,150+46.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$30,350+10.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$30,630+11.6%
Houston, Texas$26,360-4.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$24,150-12.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$31,760+15.7%
Jackson, Michigan$29,190+6.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$29,620+7.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$30,280+10.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$32,300+17.7%
Kennewick, Washington$38,130+38.9%
Killeen, Texas$29,320+6.8%
Kingston, New York$41,540+51.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$30,010+9.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$30,260+10.2%
Lansing, Michigan$29,640+8.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$26,180-4.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$33,330+21.4%
Longview, Texas$28,270+3.0%
Longview, Washington$37,710+37.4%
Los Angeles, California$40,210+46.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$26,590-3.1%
Lubbock, Texas$26,970-1.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$30,060+9.5%
McAllen, Texas$27,340-0.4%
Merced, California$39,880+45.3%
Miami, Florida$33,790+23.1%
Midland, Michigan$28,980+5.6%
Midland, Texas$31,950+16.4%
Modesto, California$41,900+52.6%
Monroe, Michigan$28,430+3.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$39,020+42.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$28,530+3.9%
Napa, California$43,910+60.0%
Naples, Florida$34,270+24.8%
New York, New York$36,760+33.9%
Niles, Michigan$29,080+5.9%
Sarasota, Florida$33,420+21.7%
Ocala, Florida$29,920+9.0%
Odessa, Texas$28,820+5.0%
Olympia, Washington$38,160+39.0%
Orlando, Florida$31,750+15.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$24,560-10.5%
Oxnard, California$41,330+50.6%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$24,170-11.9%
Pensacola, Florida$31,560+15.0%
Peoria, Illinois$33,100+20.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$34,630+26.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$27,690+0.9%
Portland, Oregon$41,910+52.7%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$31,220+13.7%
Redding, California$40,000+45.7%
Richmond, Virginia$32,730+19.2%
Riverside, California$41,430+50.9%
Roanoke, Virginia$30,590+11.4%
Rochester, New York$34,930+27.2%
Rockford, Illinois$33,690+22.7%
Sacramento, California$40,910+49.0%
Salem, Oregon$35,810+30.5%
Salinas, California$41,940+52.8%
Salisbury, Maryland$33,900+23.5%
San Angelo, Texas$26,070-5.0%
San Antonio, Texas$30,480+11.0%
San Diego, California$41,710+51.9%
San Francisco, California$46,590+69.7%
San Jose, California$46,530+69.5%
San Luis Obispo, California$41,230+50.2%
Santa Cruz, California$42,030+53.1%
Santa Maria, California$42,120+53.4%
Santa Rosa, California$43,620+58.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$29,380+7.0%
Seattle, Washington$43,770+59.5%
Sebastian, Florida$30,730+11.9%
Sherman, Texas$28,590+4.2%
South Bend, Indiana$29,740+8.3%
State College, Pennsylvania$30,260+10.2%
Stockton, California$40,780+48.6%
Syracuse, New York$35,340+28.7%
Tampa, Florida$32,460+18.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$28,160+2.6%
Texarkana, Texas$25,310-7.8%
Traverse City, Michigan$30,180+9.9%
Utica, New York$34,590+26.0%
Vallejo, California$44,360+61.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$29,490+7.4%
Visalia, California$39,830+45.1%
Waco, Texas$30,150+9.8%
Weirton, West Virginia$25,320-7.8%
Wenatchee, Washington$38,770+41.2%
Wheeling, West Virginia$24,520-10.7%
Winchester, Virginia$29,140+6.2%
Yakima, Washington$37,110+35.2%
York, Pennsylvania$29,620+7.9%
Yuba City, California$41,400+50.8%
Gross salary
27,450/yr
Estimated take-home
24,215/yr
Est. total withheld
11.8%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 35-2011 SOC code
Official area Abilene, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 10180 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Texas

Population (metro area)
178,244