SALARY · FAST FOOD AND COUNTER WORKERS · NEW YORK

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary in New York

If New York is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for fast food and counter workers was $35,250. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$35,250

$17 per hour at the median · That is $4,050 (13.0 percent) above the national median of $31,200 for this occupation.

$36,920Mean annual salary
$18Mean hourly wage
$168,620People employed in this job in New York

Salary range

25th: $34,350Median: $35,25075th: $37,140
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$34,350
Median (50th percentile)$35,250
75th percentile$37,140
Mean$36,920

The middle half of workers earned from $34,350 to $37,140 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

$29,197 a year
$2,433 a month
Federal tax $2,050 · FICA $2,697 · State tax $1,306

New York City resident tax and the Yonkers surcharge are separate and are not in this figure.

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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