Fast-Food Joints With Lowest Paying Jobs In Mooresville

MOORESVILLE, NC — Notable achievements have been made in recent years to combat income inequality with the raise in the federal minimum wage, alongside major retailers such as Amazon, Target, and Walmart increasing their base pay for employees. However, not all employers strive to pay their full-time workers more, and many of the biggest culprits of cheapness are fast-food companies.

A recent report released by 24/7 Wall St., a financial news site, ranked the 32 American companies offering the lowest-paying full-time jobs. Of the 32 employers that made the list, 12 of them were fast-food companies.

To form the rankings, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the average annual salaries of more than 1,300 companies using information from the data company PayScale. The fast-food restaurants that earned the dubious honor of a spot in the rankings were:

• No. 32: Taco Bell, Average Salary: $41,000
• No. 30: KFC, Average Salary: $41,000
• No. 27: Hardee’s, Average Salary: $41,000
• No. 26: Dairy Queen, Average Salary: $41,000
• No. 25: Denny’s, Average Salary: $41,000
• No. 22: Dunkin Donuts, Average Salary: $40,000
• No. 20: Papa John’s, Average Salary: $40,000
• No. 18: Arby’s, Average Salary: $39,000
• No. 15: Pizza Hut, Average Salary: $38,000
• No. 13: Burger King, Average Salary: $37,000
• No. 12: Jimmy John’s, Average Salary: $37,000
• No. 6: Subway: Average Salary: $34,000

Mooresville is home to many of these tasty and cheap food options, including KFC, Denny’s, and Arby’s.

Here are some salary examples, according to 24/7 Wall St.:

KFC

• Position with highest average salary: District operations manager, Salary - $56,076
• Position with lowest average salary: Assistant manager, Salary - $32,855

Denny’s

• Position with highest average salary: Operations manager, Salary - $48,974
• Position with lowest average salary: Server, Salary - $22,036

Arby’s

• Position with the highest average salary: General manager, Salary - $43,602
• Position with the lowest average salary: Assistant manager, Salary - $31,834

The well-known sandwich spot Subway had the lowest average salary amongst fast-food restaurants at $34,000, with regional managers only making $27,911 a year.

The company with the lowest average salary in the U.S overall was G4S Security Services, which on average paid their full-time employees $26,000.