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Fast Food Worker

Fast Food Worker

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F Other From other fields jobs · Start level · O*NET 35-3023.00

Texas median
whole occupation, 2025
$27,740
work over
40 h a week
17%
load index
from O*NET data
2.4/5
Texas jobs
2024 to 2034
+17.1%

Pay

This level's pay

No published pay record names this level: no public record found in sources S1-S7 that names this rung. The occupation-wide figure below is for all experience levels.

Whole occupation: all Fast Food and Counter Workers, Texas
BLS OEWS May 2025
  • Series OEUS480000000000035302313 (median), Texas, May 2025, read 2026-10-03
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Base pay (straight-time, excludes overtime).
  • Based on an estimated 460,530 jobs in Texas (series OEUS480000000000035302301).

Half of all Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas earn more than $27,740; the bottom 10% earned less than $21,710 and the top 10% more than $35,680 (May 2025, base pay, about 460,530 jobs). U.S. median $31,200.

Outlook 2024 to 2034, all Fast Food and Counter Workers, not level-specific
TWC, BLS

Texas
+17.1% jobs · about 106,600 openings a year (407,650 jobs in 2024)
United States
+6.1% jobs · about 904,300 openings a year (3,796,000 jobs in 2024)

Openings include people retiring or changing jobs, not only growth.

Hours
O*NET 31.0
  • Duration of Typical Work Week (4.C.3.d.8), O*NET Work Context, data 08/2025, n = 39 respondents, O*NET OnLine

About 1 in 5 work more than 40 hours a week (17%).

Schedule: regular 88% · irregular 6% · seasonal 7%

Physical load 2.4 of 5, our index from O*NET
Method
  • Engineer Tsai index (et_physical_v1): mean of a body index (2.93, 6 measures) and an exposure index (1.77, 7 measures), built from O*NET Work Context means, 1 to 5: Spend Time Standing; Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles; Spend Time Walking or Running; Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling; Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance; Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body; Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions; Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures; Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions; Exposed to High Places; Exposed to Hazardous Conditions; Exposed to Hazardous Equipment; Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection.
  • O*NET OnLine

Body

  • Standing4.39
  • Walking or running3.65
  • Bending or twisting3.63
  • Kneeling or crawling2.61
  • Keeping balance1.76
  • Climbing ladders1.52

Exposure

  • Very hot or cold3.34
  • Outdoors, all weather2.36
  • Cramped space2.22
  • Hazardous equipment1.3
  • Protective gear1.14
  • Hazardous conditions1.04
  • High places1
Body 2.93 · exposure 1.77. O*NET Work Context means, 1 = never, 5 = continually or every day.

Getting in

Degree
0% hold a bachelor's or higher; most common: Less than a High School Diploma
Preparation
Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
Why this level
Starting point outside the electrical field (feeder).

Moves to the side 1

  • I Quality Inspector Entry station closest in skills: skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.59. Below the 0.60 threshold; closest available.
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What the work is 6 core tasks

Perform duties such as taking orders and serving food and beverages. Serve customers at counter or from a steam table. May take payment. May prepare food and beverages.

  1. Accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary.
  2. Serve customers in eating places that specialize in fast service and inexpensive carry-out food.
  3. Request and record customer orders, and compute bills, using cash registers, multi-counting machines, or pencil and paper.
  4. Balance receipts and payments in cash registers.
  5. Communicate with customers regarding orders, comments, and complaints.
  6. Serve food, beverages, or desserts to customers in such settings as take-out counters of restaurants or lunchrooms, business or industrial establishments, hotel rooms, and cars.

Core tasks ranked by O*NET task Importance (IM, 1-5), top 6.

Top skills

  • Active Listening
  • Coordination
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Monitoring
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
Sources (4)

This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Engineer Tsai has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. CC BY 4.0 · O*NET license

Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Base pay; excludes overtime. Outlook: BLS Employment Projections 2024-2034 (United States) and Texas Workforce Commission long-term projections 2024-2034, read through Projections Central.

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