Kentucky was 13.0% below the U.S. median for Fast Food and Counter Workers. It ranked 44 of 54 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kentucky was 90.2, or 9.8% below the national price level. Its housing index was 64.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
$30,091
WageScope divides the published Fast Food and Counter Workers median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Fast Food and Counter Workers in Kentucky: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 35-3023 and BLS area 21.
Questions, answered
Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Kentucky: common questions
What is the median wage for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Kentucky?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $27,130 per year for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Kentucky. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Fast Food and Counter Workers pay higher in Kentucky than nationally?
Kentucky's published median was 13.0% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Kentucky?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 90.2 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs does BLS estimate in Kentucky?
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What the Fast Food and Counter Workers median says in Kentucky
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Fast Food and Counter Workers median in Kentucky at $27,130 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 35-3023 and BLS area 21.
BLS lists 41,860 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $26,890 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Kentucky's Fast Food and Counter Workers median is 13.0% below the U.S. Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-3023 and area 21. SOC 35-3023 names Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area 21 names Kentucky. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 35-3023/21 row reports 41,860 wage and salary jobs, 20.92 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.84 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 35-3023/21, the annual median is $27,130 per year, while the matching mean is $26,890 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 21 facts behind this Fast Food and Counter Workers page
Area 21 reports 2,000,360 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $58,990. Its annual median is $46,920. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-3023 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Kentucky runs from $27,970 at the 10th percentile to $98,380 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,410. The median is $46,920. The 75th percentile is $66,760. This is a place check, not a pay range for Fast Food and Counter Workers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 21. They do not show related skills or a path into Fast Food and Counter Workers.
1. Area 21, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 57,930 jobs, $42,770 annual median, 28.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.53 location quotient.
2. Area 21, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 52,100 jobs, $79,370 annual median, 26.04 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
3. Area 21, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 51,250 jobs, $29,650 annual median, 25.62 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Kentucky wage ladder for Fast Food and Counter Workers
The 10th percentile is $21,590 per year. The 25th percentile is $22,800 per year. The median is $27,130 per year. The 75th percentile is $29,680 per year. The 90th percentile is $34,420 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $22,800 per year to $29,680 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $12,830. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Kentucky has a annual median of $27,130 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $31,200 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Kentucky. Kentucky is 13.0% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Kentucky sits for Fast Food and Counter Workers
Kentucky ranks 44 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Fast Food and Counter Workers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 44 of 54 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
41. Kansas has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $27,580 per year, 47,140 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.32.
42. South Carolina has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $27,520 per year, 65,070 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.14.
43. Tennessee has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $27,470 per year, 90,690 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.12.
45. Georgia has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $26,920 per year, 145,030 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.2.
Pay leaders
Where Fast Food and Counter Workers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 35-3023, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. California has the highest published median in this set, at $42,280 per year. Kentucky sits at $27,130 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Fast Food and Counter Workers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. California has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $42,280 per year, or $15,150 above Kentucky. BLS lists 449,840 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.
2. Washington has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $37,710 per year, or $10,580 above Kentucky. BLS lists 94,710 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.08.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Fast Food and Counter Workers in this same-source set, at 460,530 jobs. Kentucky has 41,860. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 460,530 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 418,670 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $27,740 per year, or $610 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.32.
2. California has 449,840 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 407,980 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $42,280 per year, or $15,150 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.
Local-share leaders
Where Fast Food and Counter Workers takes the largest share of local jobs
Hawaii has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 1.55. Kentucky has 0.84. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Fast Food and Counter Workers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Hawaii has a location quotient of 1.55, a gap of 0.71 from Kentucky. BLS lists 24,130 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $35,250 per year, or $8,120 above Kentucky.
2. South Dakota has a location quotient of 1.34, a gap of 0.50 from Kentucky. BLS lists 15,150 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $29,490 per year, or $2,360 above Kentucky.
3. Kansas has a location quotient of 1.32, a gap of 0.48 from Kentucky. BLS lists 47,140 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $27,580 per year, or $450 above Kentucky.
Job scale and share
How common Fast Food and Counter Workers is in Kentucky
BLS lists 41,860 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs in Kentucky. It also lists 20.92 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.84. A value of 1 means Fast Food and Counter Workers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Fast Food and Counter Workers beside other roles in Kentucky
The all-occupations median in Kentucky is $46,920 per year. The Fast Food and Counter Workers median is $27,130 per year. Fast Food and Counter Workers is 42.2% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kentucky. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Fast Food and Counter Workers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Food Preparation Workers, SOC 35-2021, has a Kentucky median of $26,850 per year. BLS lists 15,390 jobs and a location quotient of 1.34.
2. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Kentucky median of $28,590 per year. BLS lists 44,550 jobs and a location quotient of 1.12.
3. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Kentucky median of $29,650 per year. BLS lists 51,250 jobs and a location quotient of 1.02.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Kentucky
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kentucky table, at 57,930 jobs. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 41,860 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 2,000,360. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Fast Food and Counter Workers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 57,930 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 16,070 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $42,770 per year, or $15,640 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.53.
2. General and Operations Managers has 52,100 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 10,240 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $79,370 per year, or $52,240 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.16.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Kentucky
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Kentucky role table, at $81,040 per year. Fast Food and Counter Workers has $27,130 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $46,920 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,040 per year in Kentucky, or $53,910 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 50,300 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.16.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $79,370 per year in Kentucky, or $52,240 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 52,100 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.16.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Kentucky
Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kentucky role table, at 2.64. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 0.84. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Fast Food and Counter Workers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.64 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.80 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 21,750 jobs and a median of $23,500 per year, or $3,630 below Fast Food and Counter Workers.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.62 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.78 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 47,320 jobs and a median of $47,950 per year, or $20,820 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
Price-level view
What $27,130 may mean after the Kentucky price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kentucky is 90.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 9.8% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $27,130 Fast Food and Counter Workers median by 90.2 divided by 100. The result is $30,091 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 64.3. Goods are 96.0. Utilities are 75.3. Other services are 97.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Fast Food and Counter Workers row is 6.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 41,860 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $26,890 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Fast Food and Counter Workers. It uses a Kentucky place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the $27,130 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Fast Food and Counter Workers row for Kentucky does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 41,860 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.84 is not a growth score. Rank 44 of 54 is not a place score. The 90.2 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 35-3023 in BLS area 21. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 41,860 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 21, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 50,300 jobs, $81,040 annual median, 25.14 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
5. Area 21, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 47,730 jobs, $36,810 annual median, 23.86 jobs per 1,000, and 1.31 location quotient.
6. Area 21, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 47,320 jobs, $47,950 annual median, 23.65 jobs per 1,000, and 2.62 location quotient.
3. District of Columbia has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $37,430 per year, or $10,300 above Kentucky. BLS lists 5,500 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.32.
4. Colorado has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $36,270 per year, or $9,140 above Kentucky. BLS lists 82,010 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.15.
5. Vermont has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $36,030 per year, or $8,900 above Kentucky. BLS lists 6,830 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.91.
6. Massachusetts has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $35,850 per year, or $8,720 above Kentucky. BLS lists 85,810 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.95.
7. Connecticut has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $35,380 per year, or $8,250 above Kentucky. BLS lists 35,720 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.85.
8. Hawaii has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $35,250 per year, or $8,120 above Kentucky. BLS lists 24,130 jobs there, compared with 41,860 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.55.
3. Florida has 235,400 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 193,540 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $29,080 per year, or $1,950 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.96.
4. New York has 168,620 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 126,760 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $35,250 per year, or $8,120 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.7.
5. Ohio has 163,560 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 121,700 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $28,430 per year, or $1,300 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.19.
6. Georgia has 145,030 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 103,170 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $26,920 per year, or $210 below Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.2.
7. Pennsylvania has 142,220 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 100,360 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $28,570 per year, or $1,440 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.95.
8. Illinois has 127,590 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 85,730 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $33,910 per year, or $6,780 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.84.
4. Texas has a location quotient of 1.32, a gap of 0.48 from Kentucky. BLS lists 460,530 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $27,740 per year, or $610 above Kentucky.
5. New Mexico has a location quotient of 1.31, a gap of 0.47 from Kentucky. BLS lists 28,250 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $28,700 per year, or $1,570 above Kentucky.
6. Oklahoma has a location quotient of 1.24, a gap of 0.40 from Kentucky. BLS lists 52,520 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $23,430 per year, or $3,700 below Kentucky.
7. Indiana has a location quotient of 1.23, a gap of 0.39 from Kentucky. BLS lists 97,290 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $28,790 per year, or $1,660 above Kentucky.
8. Oregon has a location quotient of 1.23, a gap of 0.39 from Kentucky. BLS lists 59,920 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $35,050 per year, or $7,920 above Kentucky.
4. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Kentucky median of $29,660 per year. BLS lists 27,150 jobs and a location quotient of 0.93.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Kentucky median of $30,160 per year. BLS lists 16,330 jobs and a location quotient of 0.89.
6. Cooks, Fast Food, SOC 35-2011, has a Kentucky median of $23,500 per year. BLS lists 21,750 jobs and a location quotient of 2.64.
7. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Kentucky median of $32,320 per year. BLS lists 25,750 jobs and a location quotient of 0.91.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Kentucky median of $35,810 per year. BLS lists 18,010 jobs and a location quotient of 1.14.
3. Retail Salespersons has 51,250 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 9,390 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $29,650 per year, or $2,520 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
4. Registered Nurses has 50,300 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 8,440 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $81,040 per year, or $53,910 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.16.
5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 47,730 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 5,870 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $36,810 per year, or $9,680 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.31.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 47,320 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 5,460 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $47,950 per year, or $20,820 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 2.62.
7. Cashiers has 44,550 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 2,690 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $28,590 per year, or $1,460 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.12.
8. Customer Service Representatives has 38,630 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 3,230 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $38,700 per year, or $11,570 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.16.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $72,490 per year in Kentucky, or $45,360 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 13,820 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.6.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,280 per year in Kentucky, or $37,150 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 15,550 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 0.98.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,180 per year in Kentucky, or $36,050 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 19,670 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.06.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,610 per year in Kentucky, or $33,480 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 19,080 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.07.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $56,340 per year in Kentucky, or $29,210 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 31,760 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.2.
8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a median of $47,950 per year in Kentucky, or $20,820 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 47,320 jobs, compared with 41,860 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 2.62.
3. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.14 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.30 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 26,430 jobs and a median of $38,750 per year, or $11,620 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.6 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.76 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 13,820 jobs and a median of $72,490 per year, or $45,360 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.53 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.69 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 57,930 jobs and a median of $42,770 per year, or $15,640 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
6. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks has a location quotient of 1.53 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.69 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 16,130 jobs and a median of $42,830 per year, or $15,700 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.34 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.50 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 15,390 jobs and a median of $26,850 per year, or $280 below Fast Food and Counter Workers.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.33 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.49 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 23,480 jobs and a median of $46,550 per year, or $19,420 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Kentucky | BLS 2025
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Kentucky
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Kentucky place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
