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Fast Food and Counter Worker Salary in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The annual salary statistics of fast food and counter workers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fast food and counter workers in Baton Rouge is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Fast Food and Counter Workers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$17,890
25th Percentile Wage	$18,150
50th Percentile Wage	$20,980
75th Percentile Wage	$22,580
90th Percentile Wage	$25,910

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food and counter workers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $25,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $20,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,890.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food and counter workers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	3-Year Growth
2022	$20,980	10.15%	11.68%
2021	$18,850	-1.27%	-
2020	$19,090	2.93%	-
2019	$18,530	-	-

Table 2. Compare Fast Food and Counter Worker Salary in Baton Rouge with Other Louisiana Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $20,980 in Baton Rouge is in the middle of salary range for fast food and counter workers in state of Louisiana. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food and counter workers in Baton Rouge is 18.5 percent (18.5%) lower than that in the highest paying New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner and 13.6 percent (13.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Alexandria.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner	$25,740
Lake Charles	$21,030
Baton Rouge	$20,980
Lafayette	$20,700
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux	$20,540
Hammond	$20,440
Shreveport-Bossier City	$20,430
Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area	$20,100
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area	$20,030
Monroe	$19,240
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	$18,710
Alexandria	$18,130