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Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Napa, CA and South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Fast Food and Counter Workers is $45,410 per year in Napa, CA. It is $28,140 per year in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. Napa, CA is 61.4% above South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 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 1,440 wage and salary jobs in Napa, CA and 4,240 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. 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.