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- Fast-food chains employ 3.3 million workers. The average wage is $13.53 an hour.
- A majority of fast-food workers are females. The average age is 26.4 years old.
- Fast-food workers prioritize convenience and personal development over pay, especially Gen Z.
Delivering Domino's pizza or flipping burgers at McDonald's has been a rite of passage for teenagers for decades.
Teens and young adults remain a go-to workforce for the fast-food industry, which employs more than 3.3 million workers in the US. But over the last five years, the average age of a fast-food worker is inching upward.