Food Preparation Workers Salary in Savannah, GA

Food Preparation Workers pay range in Savannah

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $23,930 a year or less, while the top 10% make $39,080 or more. The middle half of food preparation workers in Savannah earn between $29,350 and $37,050.

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

Food Preparation Workers salary after taxes in Savannah

On the average salary of $33,290, a single filer in Savannah takes home about $28,016 a year, or $2,335 a month and $1,078 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Savannah area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.2), so the average $33,290 buys what about $34,966 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Savannah ($47,240). A typical home costs $348,054, or 10.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Preparation Workers salary in other Georgia cities

Savannah ranks 3rd 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).

Food Preparation Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Savannah

• Cooks, Restaurant$35,500 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,910 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$30,090 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$68,320 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,380 a year
• Bartenders$32,450 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$30,390 a year
• Dishwashers$29,690 a year

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