Hourly wages of US fast food and counter workers 2023

Fast food and counter workers in the United States had a median hourly wage of 14.20 U.S. dollars as of May 2023. In comparison, ten percent of fast food and counter workers earned less than 10.67 U.S. dollars per hour during this period.

Hourly wage estimates of fast food and counter workers in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023, by percentile distribution (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	2022	2023
10% of employees earned less than	10.17	10.67
25% of employees earned less than	11.06	12.64
Median hourly wage	13.43	14.2
75% of employees earned less than	15.13	16.55
90% of employees earned less than	17	17.73

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 2022 to May 2023

Special properties

as of May each year

Supplementary notes

A percentile wage shows the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate - 50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
Fast food and counter workers take orders and serve food and beverages at a counter or from a steam table. They may also take payment and prepare food and beverages. Counter attendants who also wait tables are included in “Waiters and Waitresses”.
The data used is based on the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey which measures occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by industry. Employees are all part-time and full-time workers who are paid a wage or salary.

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