Food Preparation Workers Salary in Dalton, GA

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Dalton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,430 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,310 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Dalton earn between $24,820 and $33,170.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Dalton

On the average salary of $29,930, a single filer in Dalton takes home about $25,484 a year, or $2,124 a month and $980 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

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

Is Dalton a good place for food preparation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Dalton area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.8), so the average $29,930 buys what about $33,313 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Dalton ($42,210). A typical home costs $250,372, or 8.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Georgia cities

Dalton ranks 12th of 14 Georgia metro areas for this job; Atlanta pays the most ($35,390).

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Highest-paying cities for food preparation workers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($48,150).

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Related jobs in Dalton

• Cooks, Restaurant$30,930 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$55,900 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$39,190 a year
• Bartenders$33,070 a year
• Dishwashers$27,490 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,240 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$25,020 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$24,850 a year

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