Fast Food and Counter Workers · SOC 35-3023
Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $22,580 per year ($10.86 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $20,420 at the 10th percentile to $29,260 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,840 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $22,580 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $21,770 and $26,340.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $20,420 | $21,770 | $22,580 | $26,340 | $29,260 |
| Hourly | $9.82 | $10.47 | $10.86 | $12.66 | $14.07 |
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
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$22,580 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $21,770 to $26,340
- Alabamastate$23,700 median for Alabama; middle half earns $22,050 to $27,840
- 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 −5% vs Alabama overall and −28% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
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.
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$22,580 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $21,770 to $26,340
- $27,180 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $22,600 to $28,450
- $27,020 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $22,340 to $27,980
- $25,720 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $21,960 to $27,700
- $24,630 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $22,200 to $27,930
- $24,600 median for Auburn metro area; middle half earns $21,750 to $27,560
- $23,510 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $21,670 to $27,750
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 Southeast Alabama 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.