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Fast Food and Counter Workers
Perform duties such as taking orders and serving food and beverages. Serve customers at counter or from a steam table. May take payment. May prepare food and beverages.
What a fast food and counter worker does
Become a fast food and counter worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good fast food and counter worker
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $24 per hour with an average salary of $35,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $17 and $23 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $3,300 and $20,100 per year.
- 30% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $25 per hour with an average salary of $24,100 per year.
Fast Food And Counter Worker job outlook
- There are 98,875 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 29,660 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 7% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 28% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.