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Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in Louisiana

What Fast Food and Counter Workers earn in Louisiana, labor market by labor market, and what is left after taxes and living costs in 17 counties.

Average in LA
$23,223
local median wages, weighted
Rank among states
44 of 44
published states
Workers in state
45,630
BLS employment estimate
Wage areas
2
17 counties

Pay by labor market in Louisiana

Fast Food and Counter Workers pay by wage area in Louisiana
Wage areaMedian wageTake-home payMargin per yearLargest county
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$25,470$22,160$739Jefferson Parish, LA
Baton Rouge, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Counties ranked by what is left after the basics

Fast Food and Counter Workers in Louisiana counties, by yearly margin
#CountyMedian wageTake-home payMargin per year
1Assumption Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$4,899
2St. James Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$4,795
3Iberville Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$4,215
4East Baton Rouge Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
5Livingston Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
6Ascension Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
7West Baton Rouge Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
8Pointe Coupee Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
9East Feliciana Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
10West Feliciana Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
11St. Helena Parish, LA$23,650$20,716$1,875
12Jefferson Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$739
13Orleans Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$739
14St. Charles Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$739
15St. Bernard Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$739
16St. John the Baptist Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$739
17Plaquemines Parish, LA$25,470$22,160$739

Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Louisiana

The employment-weighted average of local median wages for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Louisiana is $23,223, based on 45,630 workers. Among the 44 states with published data, that ranks number 44. The BLS national median for the occupation is $31,200, so Louisiana averages 25.6% below it.

Inside Louisiana, pay depends on the labor market. The highest local median is $25,470 in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA area and the lowest is $23,650 in Baton Rouge, LA, a difference of $1,820 across 2 wage areas.

Cost of living for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Louisiana

We compare 17 Louisiana counties after federal, Social Security, Medicare and state taxes and the four basics: a one-bedroom rental, food, home energy and gasoline. Assumption Parish, LA leaves the largest yearly margin, $4,899. Plaquemines Parish, LA leaves the smallest, $739. The median wage covers all four basics in 17 of the 17 counties.

Fast Food and Counter Workers in other states

The states with the highest average local median wages for Fast Food and Counter Workers are California ($42,322), Washington ($37,254), Colorado ($35,674) and New Hampshire ($35,519).

Frequently asked questions: Fast Food and Counter Workers in Louisiana

How much do Fast Food and Counter Workers earn in Louisiana?

The employment-weighted average of local median wages is $23,223, from $23,650 to $25,470 depending on the labor market.

Which Louisiana county is best for Fast Food and Counter Workers?

Assumption Parish, LA leaves the largest yearly margin after taxes and the four basics ($4,899). St. James Parish, LA follows at $4,795.