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Fast Food and Counter Workers Salary in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Fast Food and Counter Workers in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is $27,810. BLS estimates approximately 40,040 people work in this occupation in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 10.9% below the national median ($31,200).

Median salary
$27,810
Average salary
$28,000
Median hourly
$13.37
Employment
40,040

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$22,310$10.73
25th percentile$22,950$11.03
Median (50th)$27,810$13.37
75th percentile$29,610$14.23
90th percentile$35,590$17.11

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 1.6% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 4.5% — Very reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
35.533
Location quotient
1.43

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX’s regional price level is below the national average (index 94.716, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $29,361 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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