Fast Food and Counter Workers — Salary
National wage record
Median annual
$31,200
10th percentile
$22,840
90th percentile
$42,650
Employment
3,854,050
- TXMedian $27,740 · Employment 460,530
- CAMedian $42,280 · Employment 449,840
- FLMedian $29,080 · Employment 235,400
- NYMedian $35,250 · Employment 168,620
- New York, NYMedian $35,420 · Employment 166,040
- OHMedian $28,430 · Employment 163,560
- Los Angeles, CAMedian $42,110 · Employment 160,270
- GAMedian $26,920 · Employment 145,030
- PAMedian $28,570 · Employment 142,220
- Dallas, TXMedian $28,070 · Employment 128,380
- ILMedian $33,910 · Employment 127,590
- Houston, TXMedian $27,570 · Employment 105,810
- VAMedian $30,110 · Employment 104,460
- MIMedian $28,930 · Employment 103,130
- INMedian $28,790 · Employment 97,290
- Chicago, ILMedian $34,630 · Employment 97,280
- WAMedian $37,710 · Employment 94,710
- NJMedian $34,150 · Employment 93,730
- NCMedian $28,570 · Employment 92,230
- TNMedian $27,470 · Employment 90,690
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.