Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in Macon, GA

Fast Food and Counter Workers pay range in Macon

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $19,830 a year or less, while the top 10% make $31,380 or more. The middle half of fast food and counter workers in Macon earn between $22,150 and $27,980.

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

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary after taxes in Macon

On the average salary of $25,460, a single filer in Macon takes home about $22,054 a year, or $1,838 a month and $848 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

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

Is Macon a good place for fast food and counter workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Macon area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.5), so the average $25,460 buys what about $28,759 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Macon ($45,160). A typical home costs $200,228, or 7.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Fast Food and Counter Workers salary in other Georgia cities

Macon ranks 9th of 14 Georgia metro areas for this job; Atlanta pays the most ($28,340).

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Highest-paying cities for fast food and counter workers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($44,980).

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Macon

• Bartenders$31,750 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$30,490 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$25,100 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$60,950 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,090 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$32,870 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$31,970 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$31,440 a year

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