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Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Fast Food and Counter Workers is $39,470 per year in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. It is $45,410 per year in Napa, CA. Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 13.1% below Napa, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-3023 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 9,180 wage and salary jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and 1,440 in Napa, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings