SALARY · COOKS, FAST FOOD · TENNESSEE

Cooks, Fast Food salary in Tennessee

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Tennessee, cooks, fast food earned a median of $28,330 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$28,330

$14 per hour at the median · That is $2,560 (8.3 percent) below the national median of $30,890 for this occupation.

$29,480Mean annual salary
$14Mean hourly wage
$14,020People employed in this job in Tennessee

Salary range

25th: $24,550Median: $28,33075th: $34,780
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$24,550
Median (50th percentile)$28,330
75th percentile$34,780
Mean$29,480

The middle half of workers earned from $24,550 to $34,780 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$24,940 a year
$2,078 a month
Federal tax $1,223 · FICA $2,167 · State tax $0
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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