Fast Food and Counter Workers
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT metropolitan area. Estimated employment 3,220.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Norwich earn more.
$34,800 in Norwich buys what $34,600 buys across the country as a whole.
Norwich's regional price parity is 100.4 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Connecticut
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Norwich |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | $36,550 | $34,200 | 106.9 | −1.3% |
| New Haven | $35,290 | $33,800 | 104.6 | −2.6% |
| Hartford | $35,030 | $34,100 | 102.7 | −1.6% |
| Waterbury | $34,850 | $34,900 | 99.8 | +0.8% |
| Norwich This page | $34,800 | $34,600 | 100.4 | — |
Price parity and difference against Norwich are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 3,220 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as fast-food-and-counter-workers.
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