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Fast Food and Counter Worker Salary in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

The annual salary statistics of fast food and counter workers in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fast food and counter workers in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area 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 Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$27,540
25th Percentile Wage	$29,040
50th Percentile Wage	$31,460
75th Percentile Wage	$33,370
90th Percentile Wage	$34,700

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food and counter workers in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $34,700. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,540.

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	$31,460	9.06%	19.55%
2021	$28,610	6.19%	-
2020	$26,840	5.70%	-
2019	$25,310	-	-

Table 2. Compare Fast Food and Counter Worker Salary in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,460 in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for fast food and counter workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food and counter workers in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area is 6.5 percent (6.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 7.3 percent (7.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elmira.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Ithaca	$33,650
Kingston	$33,040
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$32,160
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$31,790
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$31,460
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,940
Syracuse	$30,900
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$30,780
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,520
Glens Falls	$30,280
Rochester	$30,260
Binghamton	$29,890
Utica-Rome	$29,860
Watertown-Fort Drum	$29,430
Elmira	$29,160