SOC 35-3023 · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Fast Food and Counter Workers make in Guayama, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Guayama, PR is $21,920. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $22,640. Employment is 550.

Median annual wage

$21,920

10th percentile
$21,840
25th percentile
$21,840
Median
$21,920
75th percentile
$22,270
90th percentile
$22,640
Mean
$22,170

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Fast Food and Counter Workers, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $22,640. The difference is $800, which is 3.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $21,840 to the 75th at $22,270, covers $430.

The mean annual wage is $22,170, which sits above the median of $21,920. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Guayama, PR median is 29.7% lower than the national median of $31,200 for Fast Food and Counter Workers.

It is 0.5% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $22,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Guayama, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Guayama, PR ranks 3rd of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $22,130 and employment of 17,900. That median is 1% higher than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 2,100. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 55 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 1,440. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Fast Food and Counter Workers accounts for 4.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Guayama, PR (550 of 12,450). Nationally the occupation is 2.5% of employment (3,854,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.78 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Fast Food and Counter Workers make in Guayama, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Guayama, PR is $21,920. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $22,640. Employment is 550.

How does that compare with the national median for Fast Food and Counter Workers?

The local median is 29.7% lower than the national median of $31,200.

How does Guayama, PR compare with nearby metros for Fast Food and Counter Workers?

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $22,130. Guayama, PR ranks 3rd of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.