Fast Food Worker Salary in Houston, TX (2026)

What fast food worker pay in Houston really looks like

At about $13.25 an hour ($27,570 a year), Houston pays modestly below the national market for fast food workers — $3,630 (12%) under the U.S. median of $31,200. It is a real gap, but a beatable one: the higher end of the local range closes most of it, and a credential or a supervisory step can push a Houston fast food worker past the national figure without leaving the metro.

The local range is moderate — $22,720 at the 25th percentile to $30,370 at the 75th (BLS). Half of Houston Fast Food Workers earn inside that band, so it is a realistic target window: an offer near $30,370 is genuinely strong for the metro, while anything under $22,720 is worth pushing back on with the BLS figures in hand.

This is a substantial local market: BLS estimates roughly 105,810 fast food worker jobs across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area (a count of metro employment, not a survey of reported salaries). A deep employer base is good news for pay — it means more openings to compare side by side, more turnover creating vacancies, and more leverage to hold out for an employer at the top of the local range instead of settling for the first offer that lands.

Right now, Jobeezy is tracking 24 open fast food worker jobs in Houston against the BLS $27,570 benchmark — the live listings and the employers hiring are below, so you can see which openings actually clear the metro median before you apply.

Put it together and the picture for Houston is concrete: a metro median of $27,570 with most fast food workers landing between $22,720 and $30,370. The practical move is to aim for the upper half of that band. Jobeezy fit-scores local fast food worker openings, surfaces the employers posting toward $30,370, and applies for you — so your time goes to the jobs that clear the Houston median, not the ones that sit under it.

How we know this — Houston sources

Wage figures for Fast Food Worker in Houston, TX are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimate for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area (MSA code 26420) (SOC 35-3023), released 2026-08-25. Suppressed cells are shown as an em dash, never a zero.

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Fast Food Worker pay in Houston, TX — common questions

How much does a Fast Food Worker make in Houston, TX?

The median Fast Food Worker salary in Houston, TX is $13.25/hour ($27,570/year) ($3,630 (12%) below the national median), with a typical range of $22,720–$30,370 (25th–75th percentile). Figures are BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-08-25.

Is Houston a strong pay market for Fast Food Workers?

At a $27,570 median, Houston is $3,630 (12%) below the national median. The U.S. median is $31,200. Jobeezy shows you which local employers actually pay at the top of that band before you apply.

How can I earn more as a Fast Food Worker in Houston?

Target employers paying toward the $30,370 (75th-percentile) mark and anchor your negotiation to the BLS band. Jobeezy fit-scores Fast Food Worker openings in Houston and auto-applies, so you reach more high-paying employers fast.

How many Fast Food Workers work in Houston?

BLS estimates roughly 105,810 fast food worker jobs across Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (May 2025 metro employment — a count of jobs, not of salaries reported).