High paying food service jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Every food service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single food service job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Chefs and Head Cooks$68,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,450 – $90,010230
2First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,360 – $59,6902,360
3Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,970
No formal educational credential
$24,600 – $44,620430
4Cooks, Restaurant$33,990
No formal educational credential
$24,120 – $40,7202,200
5Food Preparation Workers$32,090
No formal educational credential
$22,600 – $38,9901,120
6Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$30,590
No formal educational credential
$23,570 – $36,430250
7Dishwashers$28,630
No formal educational credential
$21,420 – $34,850500
8Cooks, Short Order$28,490
No formal educational credential
$20,000 – $37,700120
9Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$26,950
No formal educational credential
$17,450 – $37,330600
10Cooks, Fast Food$26,780
No formal educational credential
$21,630 – $37,620880
11Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,620
No formal educational credential
$20,890 – $34,3808,710
12Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$26,230
No formal educational credential
$20,740 – $35,870130
13Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$25,720
No formal educational credential
$17,780 – $31,710690
14Bartenders$21,100
No formal educational credential
$15,540 – $53,140730
15Waiters and Waitresses$18,390
No formal educational credential
$15,080 – $47,3903,820

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chefs and Head CooksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,070	$42,450 – $90,010	230
2	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$28,360 – $59,690	2,360
3	Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaNo formal educational credential	$34,970	$24,600 – $44,620	430
4	Cooks, RestaurantNo formal educational credential	$33,990	$24,120 – $40,720	2,200
5	Food Preparation WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,090	$22,600 – $38,990	1,120
6	Food Servers, NonrestaurantNo formal educational credential	$30,590	$23,570 – $36,430	250
7	DishwashersNo formal educational credential	$28,630	$21,420 – $34,850	500
8	Cooks, Short OrderNo formal educational credential	$28,490	$20,000 – $37,700	120
9	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersNo formal educational credential	$26,950	$17,450 – $37,330	600
10	Cooks, Fast FoodNo formal educational credential	$26,780	$21,630 – $37,620	880
11	Fast Food and Counter WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,620	$20,890 – $34,380	8,710
12	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$26,230	$20,740 – $35,870	130
13	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee ShopNo formal educational credential	$25,720	$17,780 – $31,710	690
14	BartendersNo formal educational credential	$21,100	$15,540 – $53,140	730
15	Waiters and WaitressesNo formal educational credential	$18,390	$15,080 – $47,390	3,820

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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