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Highest-paying Cities for Fast Food and Counter Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for fast food and counter workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of fast food and counter workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $37,460, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for fast food and counter workers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $37,390). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of fast food and counter workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Fast Food and Counter Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,460	$32,090	43,310
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$37,390	$36,000	18,620
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$35,570	$31,480	54,880
4	Napa, California	$35,420	$31,880	1,400
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$34,990	$31,450	4,430
6	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$34,560	$31,080	3,880
7	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$34,460	$30,590	1,840
8	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$34,280	$30,810	2,660
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$34,240	$30,560	22,870
10	Salinas, California	$34,130	$30,810	4,060

11	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$33,900	$30,270	1,460
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$33,900	$30,840	140,830
13	Boulder, Colorado	$33,840	$30,010	4,930
14	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$33,830	$30,480	34,330
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$33,820	$29,750	60,330
16	Ithaca, New York	$33,650	$28,900	1,030
17	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$33,550	$30,400	4,920
18	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,500	$30,310	1,780
19	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$33,400	$30,890	1,530
20	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$33,360	$30,190	3,300
21	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$33,310	$30,180	8,650
22	Modesto, California	$33,280	$30,210	5,960
23	Bellingham, Washington	$33,270	$30,140	2,940
24	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$33,250	$30,430	4,240
25	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$33,240	$30,140	4,470
26	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$33,200	$30,530	3,120
27	Yuba City, California	$33,190	$30,120	1,480
28	Olympia, Washington	$33,180	$30,570	3,560
29	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$33,150	$29,960	3,060
30	Kingston, New York	$33,040	$28,510	1,630
31	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,040	$30,440	2,440
32	Stockton, California	$33,010	$29,880	6,920
33	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$32,890	$30,330	2,370
34	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$32,510	$29,960	46,630
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$32,180	$29,620	39,470
36	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$32,160	$28,460	8,920
37	El Centro, California	$31,850	$29,710	1,380
38	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$31,790	$28,460	164,140
39	Longview, Washington	$31,630	$30,230	1,370
40	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$31,460	$27,540	3,350
41	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$31,240	$30,000	30,280
42	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$31,230	$30,230	3,320
43	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$31,170	$29,550	8,050
44	Redding, California	$31,130	$29,460	1,790
45	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$31,110	$28,390	1,660
46	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$31,060	$30,140	1,540
47	Fresno, California	$31,000	$29,490	9,250
48	Yakima, Washington	$30,970	$30,140	2,860
49	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$30,940	$27,460	4,950
50	Spokane, Washington	$30,920	$30,140	7,800
51	Worcester, Massachusetts	$30,920	$29,640	7,450
52	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$30,920	$29,540	1,150
53	Syracuse, New York	$30,900	$27,820	7,510
54	Merced, California	$30,880	$29,630	2,350
55	Visalia-Porterville, California	$30,870	$29,310	4,260
56	Chico, California	$30,810	$29,360	2,040
57	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$30,780	$28,000	14,160
58	Springfield, Massachusetts	$30,640	$29,640	8,730
59	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$30,610	$29,640	1,720
60	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$30,560	$29,690	2,450
61	Walla Walla, Washington	$30,520	$30,140	720
62	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$30,520	$27,460	4,220
63	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$30,460	$28,780	6,660
64	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$30,320	$26,000	56,650
65	Glens Falls, New York	$30,280	$27,460	1,140
66	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$30,270	$28,510	3,880
67	Rochester, New York	$30,260	$27,900	12,880
68	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$30,250	$24,390	36,210
69	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$30,160	$29,640	940
70	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$29,950	$27,270	880
71	Binghamton, New York	$29,890	$27,560	3,130
72	Utica-Rome, New York	$29,860	$27,460	3,100
73	Fairbanks, Alaska	$29,840	$24,650	920
74	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$29,740	$28,190	5,250
75	Bangor, Maine	$29,670	$27,860	1,520
76	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$29,510	$27,220	15,560
77	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$29,510	$23,820	2,270
78	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$29,500	$27,860	1,080
79	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$29,500	$27,990	2,630
80	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$29,470	$28,060	58,120
81	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$29,430	$27,460	1,210
82	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$29,410	$28,050	10,750
83	Salem, Oregon	$29,400	$27,860	4,590
84	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$29,380	$27,940	2,820
85	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$29,360	$27,150	4,670
86	New Haven, Connecticut	$29,270	$27,860	4,790
87	Greeley, Colorado	$29,250	$27,710	3,310
88	Bend, Oregon	$29,220	$28,260	2,990
89	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$29,210	$23,120	1,820
90	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$29,210	$27,250	1,340
91	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$29,190	$27,350	560
92	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$29,170	$27,260	1,250
93	Elmira, New York	$29,160	$27,460	970
94	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$29,050	$27,620	9,910
95	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$29,030	$27,560	1,830
96	Danbury, Connecticut	$28,930	$27,490	1,390
97	Flagstaff, Arizona	$28,890	$27,390	3,300
98	Prescott, Arizona	$28,870	$27,910	2,210
99	Waterbury, Connecticut	$28,800	$27,970	1,400
100	Rochester, Minnesota	$28,770	$24,060	2,170