Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary

Median Salary
$31,200
per year
Hourly Rate
$15.00
per hour
Employment
3,854,050
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$22,840
25th percentile
$27,700
Median
$31,200
75th percentile
$36,070
90th percentile
$42,650

💰 Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary by State

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$23K
$42K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
California$42,280+35.5%
Washington$37,710+20.9%
District of Columbia$37,430+20.0%
Colorado$36,270+16.3%
Vermont$36,030+15.5%
Massachusetts$35,850+14.9%
Connecticut$35,380+13.4%
Hawaii$35,250+13.0%
New York$35,250+13.0%
Oregon$35,050+12.3%
Maine$34,710+11.3%
Arizona$34,230+9.7%
New Jersey$34,150+9.5%
Illinois$33,910+8.7%
Maryland$33,660+7.9%
Alaska$33,280+6.7%
Nevada$31,950+2.4%
New Hampshire$31,590+1.3%
Rhode Island$31,490+0.9%
Minnesota$31,370+0.5%
Delaware$31,300+0.3%
Missouri$30,390-2.6%
Virginia$30,110-3.5%
North Dakota$30,080-3.6%
South Dakota$29,490-5.5%
Montana$29,090-6.8%
Florida$29,080-6.8%
Nebraska$29,000-7.1%
Idaho$28,940-7.2%
Michigan$28,930-7.3%
Indiana$28,790-7.7%
New Mexico$28,700-8.0%
Utah$28,670-8.1%
Wisconsin$28,600-8.3%
North Carolina$28,570-8.4%
Pennsylvania$28,570-8.4%
Ohio$28,430-8.9%
Iowa$28,390-9.0%
Wyoming$27,860-10.7%
Texas$27,740-11.1%
Kansas$27,580-11.6%
South Carolina$27,520-11.8%
Tennessee$27,470-12.0%
Kentucky$27,130-13.0%
Georgia$26,920-13.7%
Arkansas$26,250-15.9%
West Virginia$26,070-16.4%
Alabama$23,700-24.0%
Oklahoma$23,430-24.9%
Louisiana$22,800-26.9%
Mississippi$22,610-27.5%

🏙️ Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Napa, CA$45,410+45.5%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$44,570+42.9%
Vallejo, CA$44,110+41.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$43,870+40.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$43,610+39.8%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$43,400+39.1%
Salinas, CA$43,260+38.7%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$42,940+37.6%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$42,860+37.4%
Modesto, CA$42,630+36.6%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$42,370+35.8%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$42,350+35.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$42,280+35.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$42,190+35.2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$42,110+35.0%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$42,060+34.8%
Yuba City, CA$42,040+34.7%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$41,740+33.8%
Fresno, CA$39,480+26.5%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$39,470+26.5%
Redding, CA$39,160+25.5%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$39,150+25.5%
El Centro, CA$38,840+24.5%
Visalia, CA$38,600+23.7%
Chico, CA$38,210+22.5%
Merced, CA$38,200+22.4%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$37,840+21.3%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$37,190+19.2%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$37,080+18.8%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$37,070+18.8%
Bellingham, WA$37,030+18.7%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$36,890+18.2%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$36,550+17.1%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$36,450+16.8%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$36,410+16.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$36,290+16.3%
Boulder, CO$36,190+16.0%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$36,110+15.7%
Barnstable Town, MA$36,100+15.7%
Longview-Kelso, WA$36,020+15.4%
Yakima, WA$35,830+14.8%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$35,780+14.7%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$35,620+14.2%
Bend, OR$35,460+13.7%
Kingston, NY$35,460+13.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$35,420+13.5%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$35,320+13.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$35,300+13.1%
New Haven, CT$35,290+13.1%
Urban Honolulu, HI$35,080+12.4%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,030+12.3%
Walla Walla, WA$35,020+12.2%
Grants Pass, OR$34,900+11.9%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$34,850+11.7%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,850+11.7%
Ithaca, NY$34,800+11.5%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$34,800+11.5%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$34,720+11.3%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$34,720+11.3%
Pittsfield, MA$34,680+11.2%
Lewiston, ID-WA$34,650+11.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$34,630+11.0%
Worcester, MA$34,610+10.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$34,600+10.9%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$34,560+10.8%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$34,540+10.7%
Salem, OR$34,520+10.6%
Colorado Springs, CO$34,420+10.3%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$34,350+10.1%
Albany, OR$34,330+10.0%
Bangor, ME$34,140+9.4%
Medford, OR$34,140+9.4%
Springfield, MA$34,130+9.4%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$34,060+9.2%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$33,990+8.9%
Syracuse, NY$33,940+8.8%
Glens Falls, NY$33,890+8.6%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$33,830+8.4%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$33,700+8.0%
Flagstaff, AZ$33,690+8.0%
Vineland, NJ$33,550+7.5%
Rochester, NY$33,430+7.1%
Corvallis, OR$33,350+6.9%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$33,350+6.9%
Anchorage, AK$33,280+6.7%
Binghamton, NY$33,280+6.7%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$33,270+6.6%
Ann Arbor, MI$33,220+6.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$33,090+6.1%
Utica-Rome, NY$33,080+6.0%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$33,040+5.9%
Greeley, CO$33,030+5.9%
Elmira, NY$32,950+5.6%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$32,580+4.4%
Lexington Park, MD$32,240+3.3%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$32,220+3.3%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$31,950+2.4%
Bozeman, MT$31,840+2.1%
Tucson, AZ$31,690+1.6%
Rockford, IL$31,640+1.4%
Reno, NV$31,530+1.1%
Grand Junction, CO$31,510+1.0%
Springfield, IL$31,350+0.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$31,300+0.3%
St. Louis, MO-IL$31,260+0.2%
Kankakee, IL$31,220+0.1%
Bloomington, IL$31,200+0.0%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$31,200+0.0%
Decatur, IL$31,200+0.0%
Dover, DE$31,200+0.0%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,200+0.0%
Peoria, IL$31,200+0.0%
Salisbury, MD$31,200+0.0%
Rochester, MN$31,190-0.0%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$31,120-0.3%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$31,100-0.3%
Pueblo, CO$31,100-0.3%
Fargo, ND-MN$30,950-0.8%
Santa Fe, NM$30,810-1.3%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$30,580-2.0%
Yuma, AZ$30,580-2.0%
Missoula, MT$30,510-2.2%
Fairbanks-College, AK$30,170-3.3%
Charlottesville, VA$30,150-3.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$30,080-3.6%
Minot, ND$30,080-3.6%
Carson City, NV$30,010-3.8%
Mankato, MN$30,000-3.8%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$30,000-3.8%
Springfield, MO$29,950-4.0%
Bismarck, ND$29,940-4.0%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$29,830-4.4%
Madison, WI$29,820-4.4%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$29,810-4.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$29,720-4.7%
St. Cloud, MN$29,680-4.9%
Boise City, ID$29,660-4.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$29,600-5.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$29,590-5.2%
Jefferson City, MO$29,580-5.2%
Kansas City, MO-KS$29,560-5.3%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$29,550-5.3%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$29,540-5.3%
Richmond, VA$29,500-5.4%
Omaha, NE-IA$29,450-5.6%
Rapid City, SD$29,440-5.6%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$29,430-5.7%
Columbia, MO$29,390-5.8%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$29,360-5.9%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$29,310-6.1%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$29,310-6.1%
Duluth, MN-WI$29,260-6.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$29,260-6.2%
Harrisonburg, VA$29,240-6.3%
Ames, IA$29,220-6.3%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$29,220-6.3%
Sheboygan, WI$29,210-6.4%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$29,170-6.5%
Grand Island, NE$29,150-6.6%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$29,150-6.6%
Albuquerque, NM$29,140-6.6%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$29,140-6.6%
Billings, MT$29,130-6.6%
Kokomo, IN$29,130-6.6%
Port St. Lucie, FL$29,130-6.6%
Punta Gorda, FL$29,100-6.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$29,090-6.8%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$29,090-6.8%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$29,080-6.8%
Kenosha, WI$29,070-6.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$29,070-6.8%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$29,040-6.9%
Appleton, WI$29,010-7.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$28,880-7.4%
Pocatello, ID$28,870-7.5%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$28,850-7.5%
Asheville, NC$28,810-7.7%
Twin Falls, ID$28,810-7.7%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$28,810-7.7%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$28,790-7.7%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$28,780-7.8%
Iowa City, IA$28,760-7.8%
Cleveland, OH$28,750-7.9%
Joplin, MO-KS$28,730-7.9%
Cheyenne, WY$28,720-7.9%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$28,720-7.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$28,710-8.0%
Akron, OH$28,690-8.0%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$28,690-8.0%
Dubuque, IA$28,680-8.1%
Idaho Falls, ID$28,680-8.1%
Columbus, OH$28,670-8.1%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$28,670-8.1%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$28,660-8.1%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$28,660-8.1%
Midland, TX$28,650-8.2%
Green Bay, WI$28,640-8.2%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$28,640-8.2%
Winston-Salem, NC$28,640-8.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$28,620-8.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$28,610-8.3%
Lancaster, PA$28,580-8.4%
Traverse City, MI$28,560-8.5%
Lincoln, NE$28,510-8.6%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$28,500-8.7%
Midland, MI$28,480-8.7%
Jacksonville, FL$28,470-8.8%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$28,440-8.8%
Odessa, TX$28,390-9.0%
Fort Wayne, IN$28,360-9.1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$28,360-9.1%
Winchester, VA-WV$28,360-9.1%
Flint, MI$28,330-9.2%
Helena, MT$28,330-9.2%
Lawrence, KS$28,320-9.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$28,300-9.3%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$28,300-9.3%
Columbus, IN$28,290-9.3%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$28,290-9.3%
Cedar Rapids, IA$28,280-9.4%
Gainesville, FL$28,280-9.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$28,280-9.4%
Saginaw, MI$28,280-9.4%
St. George, UT$28,270-9.4%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$28,250-9.5%
Pittsburgh, PA$28,250-9.5%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$28,240-9.5%
Bloomington, IN$28,230-9.5%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$28,230-9.5%
Lynchburg, VA$28,220-9.6%
Great Falls, MT$28,200-9.6%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$28,200-9.6%
Lebanon, PA$28,200-9.6%
Fond du Lac, WI$28,180-9.7%
Fayetteville, NC$28,170-9.7%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$28,140-9.8%
Battle Creek, MI$28,100-9.9%
Reading, PA$28,090-10.0%
Casper, WY$28,070-10.0%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$28,070-10.0%
Eau Claire, WI$28,070-10.0%
Goldsboro, NC$28,070-10.0%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$28,070-10.0%
Bay City, MI$28,060-10.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$28,050-10.1%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$28,050-10.1%
Ogden, UT$28,030-10.2%
Logan, UT-ID$28,010-10.2%
Greenville, NC$28,000-10.3%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$27,990-10.3%
Monroe, MI$27,950-10.4%
Evansville, IN$27,930-10.5%
York-Hanover, PA$27,920-10.5%
Ocala, FL$27,880-10.6%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$27,850-10.7%
Wausau, WI$27,830-10.8%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$27,820-10.8%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$27,810-10.9%
Topeka, KS$27,810-10.9%
Sebring, FL$27,790-10.9%
State College, PA$27,790-10.9%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$27,780-11.0%
Canton-Massillon, OH$27,760-11.0%
Waco, TX$27,750-11.1%
Niles, MI$27,740-11.1%
Knoxville, TN$27,720-11.2%
Roanoke, VA$27,720-11.2%
Burlington, NC$27,710-11.2%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$27,680-11.3%
Bowling Green, KY$27,650-11.4%
Paducah, KY-IL$27,640-11.4%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$27,600-11.5%
Tallahassee, FL$27,600-11.5%
Gettysburg, PA$27,590-11.6%
Sandusky, OH$27,590-11.6%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$27,580-11.6%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$27,570-11.6%
Toledo, OH$27,570-11.6%
Las Cruces, NM$27,560-11.7%
Muncie, IN$27,560-11.7%
Chambersburg, PA$27,550-11.7%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$27,520-11.8%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$27,490-11.9%
Springfield, OH$27,490-11.9%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$27,470-12.0%
Savannah, GA$27,460-12.0%
Wilmington, NC$27,460-12.0%
College Station-Bryan, TX$27,420-12.1%
Farmington, NM$27,420-12.1%
Wichita, KS$27,420-12.1%
Williamsport, PA$27,400-12.2%
Jackson, MI$27,390-12.2%
Spartanburg, SC$27,390-12.2%
Sherman-Denison, TX$27,340-12.4%
Jacksonville, NC$27,330-12.4%
Lima, OH$27,320-12.4%
Elizabethtown, KY$27,260-12.6%
Homosassa Springs, FL$27,240-12.7%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$27,200-12.8%
Huntsville, AL$27,180-12.9%
Columbia, SC$27,170-12.9%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$27,170-12.9%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$27,140-13.0%
Manhattan, KS$27,130-13.0%
Birmingham, AL$27,020-13.4%
Terre Haute, IN$27,020-13.4%
Clarksville, TN-KY$26,990-13.5%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$26,950-13.6%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$26,890-13.8%
Rome, GA$26,890-13.8%
Amarillo, TX$26,880-13.8%
Rocky Mount, NC$26,850-13.9%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$26,820-14.0%
Mansfield, OH$26,790-14.1%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$26,770-14.2%
Owensboro, KY$26,750-14.3%
Longview, TX$26,730-14.3%
Gainesville, GA$26,690-14.5%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$26,630-14.6%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$26,620-14.7%
Warner Robins, GA$26,610-14.7%
Erie, PA$26,540-14.9%
Killeen-Temple, TX$26,530-15.0%
Morristown, TN$26,530-15.0%
Tulsa, OK$26,460-15.2%
Tyler, TX$26,370-15.5%
Jackson, TN$26,360-15.5%
Abilene, TX$26,310-15.7%
Johnson City, TN$26,270-15.8%
Jonesboro, AR$26,260-15.8%
Wheeling, WV-OH$26,150-16.2%
Cleveland, TN$26,140-16.2%
Altoona, PA$26,090-16.4%
Beckley, WV$25,950-16.8%
Decatur, AL$25,720-17.6%
Corpus Christi, TX$25,630-17.9%
Wichita Falls, TX$25,540-18.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$25,470-18.4%
Lubbock, TX$25,250-19.1%
Hinesville, GA$25,210-19.2%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$25,000-19.9%
Oklahoma City, OK$24,960-20.0%
Johnstown, PA$24,750-20.7%
Tuscaloosa, AL$24,630-21.1%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$24,600-21.2%
Florence, SC$24,590-21.2%
Eagle Pass, TX$24,570-21.3%
Sumter, SC$24,510-21.4%
Victoria, TX$24,510-21.4%
Virgin Islands$24,410-21.8%
Morgantown, WV$24,230-22.3%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$24,220-22.4%
San Angelo, TX$23,850-23.6%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$23,760-23.8%
Baton Rouge, LA$23,650-24.2%
Mobile, AL$23,510-24.6%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$23,500-24.7%
Dalton, GA$23,400-25.0%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$23,380-25.1%
Hot Springs, AR$23,350-25.2%
Columbus, GA-AL$23,300-25.3%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$23,260-25.4%
Valdosta, GA$23,100-26.0%
El Paso, TX$23,030-26.2%
Laredo, TX$23,030-26.2%
Enid, OK$23,020-26.2%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$23,000-26.3%
Montgomery, AL$22,960-26.4%
Texarkana, TX-AR$22,880-26.7%
Albany, GA$22,830-26.8%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$22,820-26.9%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$22,790-27.0%
Gadsden, AL$22,770-27.0%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$22,650-27.4%
Jackson, MS$22,630-27.5%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$22,590-27.6%
Hattiesburg, MS$22,550-27.7%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$22,500-27.9%
Lake Charles, LA$22,500-27.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$22,460-28.0%
Lawton, OK$22,430-28.1%
Charleston, WV$22,380-28.3%
Dothan, AL$22,360-28.3%
Hammond, LA$22,350-28.4%
Lafayette, LA$22,320-28.5%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$22,280-28.6%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,130-29.1%
Puerto Rico$22,030-29.4%
Aguadilla, PR$21,940-29.7%
Guayama, PR$21,920-29.7%
Arecibo, PR$21,840-30.0%
Mayaguez, PR$21,840-30.0%
Ponce, PR$21,840-30.0%
Alexandria, LA$21,760-30.3%
Monroe, LA$21,550-30.9%
Guam$20,770-33.4%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.