Cooks, Fast Food Salary in McAllen, TX

Cooks, Fast Food pay range in McAllen

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $18,650 a year or less, while the top 10% make $35,070 or more. The middle half of cooks, fast food in McAllen earn between $21,930 and $31,700.

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

Cooks, Fast Food salary after taxes in McAllen

On the average salary of $27,340, a single filer in McAllen takes home about $24,124 a year, or $2,010 a month and $928 every two weeks. Taxes take 12% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the McAllen area are 14% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.9), so the average $27,340 buys what about $31,830 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in McAllen ($35,830). A typical home costs $193,978, or 7.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cooks, Fast Food salary in other Texas cities

McAllen ranks 13th of 20 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($38,950).

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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).

Cooks, Fast Food salary by city

Related jobs in McAllen

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$29,630 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$28,820 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$28,010 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$45,900 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,430 a year
• Bartenders$27,780 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$25,330 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,170 a year

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