Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in Jackson, MI

Fast Food and Counter Workers pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $25,960 a year or less, while the top 10% make $34,220 or more. The middle half of fast food and counter workers in Jackson earn between $26,790 and $28,920.

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

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $28,930, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $24,211 a year, or $2,018 a month and $931 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Includes Jackson's local income tax (1%).

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

Prices in the Jackson area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.8), so the average $28,930 buys what about $31,521 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($47,760). A typical home costs $227,287, or 7.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Fast Food and Counter Workers salary in other Michigan cities

Jackson ranks 14th of 15 Michigan metro areas for this job; Ann Arbor pays the most ($32,620).

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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).

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Related jobs in Jackson

• Waiters and Waitresses$45,050 a year
• Bartenders$42,770 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$31,460 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$60,520 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$44,380 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,380 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,700 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$32,280 a year

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