Fast Food and Counter Workers · SOC 35-3023
Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $27,640 per year ($13.29 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $25,960 at the 10th percentile to $34,270 at the 90th. BLS estimates 3,760 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area earn more than $27,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $26,310 and $29,010.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $25,960 | $26,310 | $27,640 | $29,010 | $34,270 |
| Hourly | $12.48 | $12.65 | $13.29 | $13.95 | $16.48 |
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
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$27,640 median for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $26,310 to $29,010
- Michiganstate$28,930 median for Michigan; middle half earns $27,580 to $32,760
- 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 −4% vs Michigan overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Michigan
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.
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan areathis page$27,640 median for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $26,310 to $29,010
- $33,220 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $28,720 to $34,910
- $29,590 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $28,170 to $33,950
- $28,850 median for Muskegon metro area; middle half earns $27,100 to $29,640
- $28,790 median for Kalamazoo metro area; middle half earns $27,820 to $31,820
- $28,640 median for Lansing metro area; middle half earns $27,630 to $31,030
- $28,560 median for Traverse City metro area; middle half earns $27,750 to $34,440
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 Mid Michigan 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.