Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$41,080avg. a year
$19.75 an hour · 160,270 employed
Fast Food and Counter Workers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn an average of $41,080 a year. That is about the same as the California average of $41,680. The U.S. average is $32,150.
$42,110Median pay
$19.75Average hourly
-1%vs. California average
160,270Jobs in this metro
Other California metro areas
Average pay for fast food and counter workers in other California metro areas. Swipe to see all 24.
123,060 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$44,980
$21.62 an hour
249,970 jobs
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$44,620
$21.45 an hour
31,440 jobs
Napa, CA
$44,010
$21.16 an hour
44,430 jobs
Vallejo, CA
$42,760
$20.56 an hour
54,720 jobs
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
$42,640
$20.50 an hour
64,180 jobs
Salinas, CA
$41,880
$20.13 an hour
724,910 jobs
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
$41,850
$20.12 an hour
86,700 jobs
Modesto, CA
$41,600
$20.00 an hour
93,220 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
$41,580
$19.99 an hour
109,520 jobs
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
$41,340
$19.88 an hour
115,930 jobs
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
$41,320
$19.87 an hour
1251,310 jobs
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$41,250
$19.83 an hour
131,630 jobs
Yuba City, CA
$40,980
$19.70 an hour
1442,550 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$40,870
$19.65 an hour
153,310 jobs
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
$40,870
$19.65 an hour
161,610 jobs
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
$40,790
$19.61 an hour
177,560 jobs
Stockton-Lodi, CA
$40,770
$19.60 an hour
189,180 jobs
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
$40,290
$19.37 an hour
1912,330 jobs
Fresno, CA
$40,110
$19.29 an hour
202,500 jobs
Merced, CA
$39,970
$19.22 an hour
211,630 jobs
El Centro, CA
$39,920
$19.19 an hour
224,850 jobs
Visalia, CA
$39,750
$19.11 an hour
231,930 jobs
Redding, CA
$39,590
$19.04 an hour
242,630 jobs
Chico, CA
$39,470
$18.98 an hour
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How Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Related jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
| Job | Avg. pay in this metro |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $42,640 |
| Bartenders | $41,510 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $42,740 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $44,750 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $53,380 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $41,220 |
Questions and answers
How much do fast food and counter workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
The average is $41,080 a year, and the median is $42,110. About 160,270 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the California average?
That is about the same as the California average of $41,680.
Is this job common in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
It makes up 25.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.03 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 35-3023. Metro area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 31080). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.