SALARY · COOKS, FAST FOOD · UTAH

Cooks, Fast Food salary in Utah

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In Utah, cooks, fast food sat at a median of $31,800 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$31,800

$15 per hour at the median · That is $910 (2.9 percent) above the national median of $30,890 for this occupation.

$34,230Mean annual salary
$16Mean hourly wage
$4,400People employed in this job in Utah

Salary range

25th: $29,220Median: $31,80075th: $36,400
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$29,220
Median (50th percentile)$31,800
75th percentile$36,400
Mean$34,230

The middle half of workers earned from $29,220 to $36,400 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 PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$27,731 a year
$2,311 a month
Federal tax $1,636 · FICA $2,433

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Utah is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Utah has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

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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