Fast Food and Counter Workers · SOC 35-3023

Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in the Grants Pass Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Grants Pass, OR metro area

Figures describe the Grants Pass, OR metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Grants Pass city limits.

Median annual wage$34,900
Median hourly wage$16.78

Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Grants Pass, OR metro area earned a median of $34,900 per year ($16.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,320 at the 10th percentile to $43,170 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,240 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Grants Pass metro area earn more than $34,900 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,040 and $36,570.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$31,320$33,040$34,900$36,570$43,170
Hourly$15.06$15.89$16.78$17.58$20.76

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Grants Pass metro areathis metro area
    $34,900 median for Grants Pass metro area; middle half earns $33,040 to $36,570
  • Oregonstate (OR)
    $35,050 median for Oregon; middle half earns $33,560 to $36,880
  • $31,200 median for United States; middle half earns $27,700 to $36,070

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Oregon overall and +12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$21,550$29,503$37,457$45,410Monroe, LA — $21,550Alexandria, LA — $21,760Arecibo, PR — $21,840Mayaguez, PR — $21,840Ponce, PR — $21,840Guayama, PR — $21,920Aguadilla, PR — $21,940San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,130Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $22,280Lafayette, LA — $22,320Hammond, LA — $22,350Dothan, AL — $22,360Charleston, WV — $22,380Lawton, OK — $22,430Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $22,460Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $22,500Lake Charles, LA — $22,500Hattiesburg, MS — $22,550Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $22,590Jackson, MS — $22,630Anniston-Oxford, AL — $22,650Gadsden, AL — $22,770McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $22,790Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $22,820Albany, GA — $22,830Texarkana, TX-AR — $22,880Montgomery, AL — $22,960Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $23,000Enid, OK — $23,020El Paso, TX — $23,030Laredo, TX — $23,030Valdosta, GA — $23,100Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $23,260Columbus, GA-AL — $23,300Hot Springs, AR — $23,350Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $23,380Dalton, GA — $23,400Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $23,500Mobile, AL — $23,510Baton Rouge, LA — $23,650Fort Smith, AR-OK — $23,760San Angelo, TX — $23,850Athens-Clarke County, GA — $24,220Morgantown, WV — $24,230Sumter, SC — $24,510Victoria, TX — $24,510Eagle Pass, TX — $24,570Florence, SC — $24,590Auburn-Opelika, AL — $24,600Tuscaloosa, AL — $24,630Johnstown, PA — $24,750Oklahoma City, OK — $24,960Macon-Bibb County, GA — $25,000Hinesville, GA — $25,210Lubbock, TX — $25,250New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $25,470Wichita Falls, TX — $25,540Corpus Christi, TX — $25,630Decatur, AL — $25,720Beckley, WV — $25,950Altoona, PA — $26,090Cleveland, TN — $26,140Wheeling, WV-OH — $26,150Jonesboro, AR — $26,260Johnson City, TN — $26,270Abilene, TX — $26,310Jackson, TN — $26,360Tyler, TX — $26,370Tulsa, OK — $26,460Killeen-Temple, TX — $26,530Morristown, TN — $26,530Erie, PA — $26,540Warner Robins, GA — $26,610Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $26,620Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $26,630Gainesville, GA — $26,690Longview, TX — $26,730Owensboro, KY — $26,750Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $26,770Mansfield, OH — $26,790Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $26,820Rocky Mount, NC — $26,850Amarillo, TX — $26,880Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $26,890Rome, GA — $26,890Youngstown-Warren, OH — $26,950Clarksville, TN-KY — $26,990Birmingham, AL — $27,020Terre Haute, IN — $27,020Manhattan, KS — $27,130Chattanooga, TN-GA — $27,140Columbia, SC — $27,170Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $27,170Huntsville, AL — $27,180Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $27,200Homosassa Springs, FL — $27,240Elizabethtown, KY — $27,260Lima, OH — $27,320Jacksonville, NC — $27,330Sherman-Denison, TX — $27,340Jackson, MI — $27,390Spartanburg, SC — $27,390Williamsport, PA — $27,400College Station-Bryan, TX — $27,420Farmington, NM — $27,420Wichita, KS — $27,420Savannah, GA — $27,460Wilmington, NC — $27,460Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $27,470Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $27,490Springfield, OH — $27,490Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $27,520Chambersburg, PA — $27,550Las Cruces, NM — $27,560Muncie, IN — $27,560Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $27,570Toledo, OH — $27,570Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $27,580Gettysburg, PA — $27,590Sandusky, OH — $27,590Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $27,600Tallahassee, FL — $27,600Paducah, KY-IL — $27,640Bowling Green, KY — $27,650Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $27,680Burlington, NC — $27,710Knoxville, TN — $27,720Roanoke, VA — $27,720Niles, MI — $27,740Waco, TX — $27,750Canton-Massillon, OH — $27,760Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $27,780Sebring, FL — $27,790State College, PA — $27,790San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $27,810Topeka, KS — $27,810Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $27,820Wausau, WI — $27,830Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $27,850Ocala, FL — $27,880York-Hanover, PA — $27,920Evansville, IN — $27,930Monroe, MI — $27,950Lexington-Fayette, KY — $27,990Greenville, NC — $28,000Logan, UT-ID — $28,010Ogden, UT — $28,030Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $28,050Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $28,050Bay City, MI — $28,060Casper, WY — $28,070Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $28,070Eau Claire, WI — $28,070Goldsboro, NC — $28,070Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $28,070Reading, PA — $28,090Battle Creek, MI — $28,100South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $28,140Fayetteville, NC — $28,170Fond du Lac, WI — $28,180Great Falls, MT — $28,200Greensboro-High Point, NC — $28,200Lebanon, PA — $28,200Lynchburg, VA — $28,220Bloomington, IN — $28,230Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $28,230Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $28,240Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $28,250Pittsburgh, PA — $28,250St. George, UT — $28,270Cedar Rapids, IA — $28,280Gainesville, FL — $28,280La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $28,280Saginaw, MI — $28,280Columbus, IN — $28,290Janesville-Beloit, WI — $28,290Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $28,300Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $28,300Lawrence, KS — $28,320Flint, MI — $28,330Helena, MT — $28,330Fort Wayne, IN — $28,360Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $28,360Winchester, VA-WV — $28,360Odessa, TX — $28,390Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $28,440Jacksonville, FL — $28,470Midland, MI — $28,480Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $28,500Lincoln, NE — $28,510Traverse City, MI — $28,560Lancaster, PA — $28,580Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $28,610Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $28,620Green Bay, WI — $28,640Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $28,640Winston-Salem, NC — $28,640Midland, TX — $28,650Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $28,660Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $28,660Columbus, OH — $28,670Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $28,670Dubuque, IA — $28,680Idaho Falls, ID — $28,680Akron, OH — $28,690Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $28,690Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $28,710Cheyenne, WY — $28,720Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $28,720Joplin, MO-KS — $28,730Cleveland, OH — $28,750Iowa City, IA — $28,760Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $28,780Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $28,790Asheville, NC — $28,810Twin Falls, ID — $28,810Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $28,810Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $28,850Pocatello, ID — $28,870Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $28,880Appleton, WI — $29,010Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $29,040Kenosha, WI — $29,070Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $29,070Raleigh-Cary, NC — $29,080Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $29,090Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $29,090Punta Gorda, FL — $29,100Billings, MT — $29,130Kokomo, IN — $29,130Port St. Lucie, FL — $29,130Albuquerque, NM — $29,140Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $29,140Grand Island, NE — $29,150Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $29,150Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $29,170Sheboygan, WI — $29,210Ames, IA — $29,220Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $29,220Harrisonburg, VA — $29,240Duluth, MN-WI — $29,260Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $29,260Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $29,310Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $29,310Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $29,360Columbia, MO — $29,390St. Joseph, MO-KS — $29,430Rapid City, SD — $29,440Omaha, NE-IA — $29,450Richmond, VA — $29,500Grand Forks, ND-MN — $29,540Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $29,550Kansas City, MO-KS — $29,560Jefferson City, MO — $29,580Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $29,590Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $29,600Boise City, ID — $29,660St. Cloud, MN — $29,680Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $29,720Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $29,810Madison, WI — $29,820Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $29,830Bismarck, ND — $29,940Springfield, MO — $29,950Mankato, MN — $30,000North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $30,000Carson City, NV — $30,010Coeur d'Alene, ID — $30,080Minot, ND — $30,080Charlottesville, VA — $30,150Fairbanks-College, AK — $30,170Missoula, MT — $30,510Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,580Yuma, AZ — $30,580Santa Fe, NM — $30,810Fargo, ND-MN — $30,950Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $31,100Pueblo, CO — $31,100Manchester-Nashua, NH — $31,120Rochester, MN — $31,190Bloomington, IL — $31,200Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200Decatur, IL — $31,200Dover, DE — $31,200Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200Peoria, IL — $31,200Salisbury, MD — $31,200Kankakee, IL — $31,220St. Louis, MO-IL — $31,260Champaign-Urbana, IL — $31,300Springfield, IL — $31,350Grand Junction, CO — $31,510Reno, NV — $31,530Rockford, IL — $31,640Tucson, AZ — $31,690Bozeman, MT — $31,840Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $31,950Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $32,220Lexington Park, MD — $32,240Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $32,580Elmira, NY — $32,950Greeley, CO — $33,030Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $33,040Utica-Rome, NY — $33,080Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $33,090Ann Arbor, MI — $33,220Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $33,270Anchorage, AK — $33,280Binghamton, NY — $33,280Corvallis, OR — $33,350Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $33,350Rochester, NY — $33,430Vineland, NJ — $33,550Flagstaff, AZ — $33,690Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $33,700Naples-Marco Island, FL — $33,830Glens Falls, NY — $33,890Syracuse, NY — $33,940Eugene-Springfield, OR — $33,990Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $34,060Springfield, MA — $34,130Bangor, ME — $34,140Medford, OR — $34,140Albany, OR — $34,330Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $34,350Colorado Springs, CO — $34,420Salem, OR — $34,520Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $34,540Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,560Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $34,600Worcester, MA — $34,610Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $34,630Lewiston, ID-WA — $34,650Pittsfield, MA — $34,680Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $34,720Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $34,720Ithaca, NY — $34,800Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $34,800Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $34,850Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,850Grants Pass, OR — $34,900Walla Walla, WA — $35,020Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,030Urban Honolulu, HI — $35,080New Haven, CT — $35,290Portland-South Portland, ME — $35,300Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $35,320New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $35,420Bend, OR — $35,460Kingston, NY — $35,460Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $35,620Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $35,780Yakima, WA — $35,830Longview-Kelso, WA — $36,020Barnstable Town, MA — $36,100Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $36,110Boulder, CO — $36,190Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $36,290Kennewick-Richland, WA — $36,410Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $36,450Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,550Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $36,890Bellingham, WA — $37,030Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $37,070Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $37,080Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,190Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $37,840Merced, CA — $38,200Chico, CA — $38,210Visalia, CA — $38,600El Centro, CA — $38,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $39,150Redding, CA — $39,160Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,470Fresno, CA — $39,480Stockton-Lodi, CA — $41,740Yuba City, CA — $42,040Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $42,060Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $42,110San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $42,190Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $42,280San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $42,350Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $42,370Modesto, CA — $42,630Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $42,860Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $42,940Salinas, CA — $43,260Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $43,400Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $43,610San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $43,870Vallejo, CA — $44,110San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $44,570Napa, CA — $45,410

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Grants Pass metro area has the 53rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for fast food and counter workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Grants Pass metro areathis page
    $34,900 median for Grants Pass metro area; middle half earns $33,040 to $36,570
  • $35,620 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $34,890 to $37,690
  • $35,460 median for Bend metro area; middle half earns $33,140 to $37,380
  • $34,520 median for Salem metro area; middle half earns $31,670 to $36,290
  • $34,330 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $31,150 to $36,350
  • $34,140 median for Medford metro area; middle half earns $31,130 to $36,560
  • $33,990 median for Eugene metro area; middle half earns $30,960 to $36,270

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.