Fast Food and Counter Workers · SOC 35-3023
Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $36,580 per year ($17.59 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,580 at the 10th percentile to $44,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 960 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area earn more than $36,580 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,070 and $37,700.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,580 | $35,070 | $36,580 | $37,700 | $44,440 |
| Hourly | $15.18 | $16.86 | $17.59 | $18.12 | $21.37 |
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.
How this area compares
- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$36,580 median for Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,070 to $37,700
- Massachusettsstate$35,850 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $33,770 to $36,980
- United Statesnational$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 +2% vs Massachusetts overall and +17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Massachusetts
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.
- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan areathis page$36,580 median for Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,070 to $37,700
- $36,290 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $34,210 to $37,260
- $36,100 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $35,030 to $37,360
- $34,680 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $32,760 to $35,590
- $34,610 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $33,440 to $35,990
- $34,350 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $33,540 to $35,920
- $34,130 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $31,200 to $35,000
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for fast food and counter workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
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.