Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in McAllen, TX

Fast Food and Counter Workers pay range in McAllen

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $20,520 a year or less, while the top 10% make $32,840 or more. The middle half of fast food and counter workers in McAllen earn between $21,690 and $27,450.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary after taxes in McAllen

On the average salary of $25,170, a single filer in McAllen takes home about $22,337 a year, or $1,861 a month and $859 every two weeks. Taxes take 11% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is McAllen a good place for fast food and counter workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the McAllen area are 14% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.9), so the average $25,170 buys what about $29,303 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in McAllen ($35,830). A typical home costs $193,978, or 7.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Fast Food and Counter Workers salary in other Texas cities

McAllen ranks 21st of 26 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($30,130).

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Highest-paying cities for fast food and counter workers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($44,980).

Fast Food and Counter Workers salary by city

Related jobs in McAllen

• Bartenders$27,780 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$25,330 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$45,900 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,430 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$29,630 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$28,820 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$28,010 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$27,340 a year

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