SALARY · FAST FOOD AND COUNTER WORKERS · ALABAMA

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary in Alabama

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Alabama, the middle fast food and counter workers earned $23,700 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$23,700

$11 per hour at the median · That is $7,500 (24.0 percent) below the national median of $31,200 for this occupation.

$25,600Mean annual salary

$12Mean hourly wage

$41,460People employed in this job in Alabama

Salary range

25th: $22,050Median: $23,70075th: $27,840

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$22,050
Median (50th percentile)	$23,700
75th percentile	$27,840
Mean	$25,600

The middle half of workers earned from $22,050 to $27,840 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$20,245 a year

$1,687 a month

Federal tax $760 · FICA $1,813 · State tax $882

Caveat: the Alabama 2026 Form 40 return instruction booklet was not retrieved as a single document. Brackets, standard deduction table and federal tax deduction rest on the 2026 Form 40ES worksheet and statute.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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