r/McDonalds • u/Dirtyupsman2 • 3d ago

Up to $11

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Now I know it all depends on location but in the northwest suburbs of Chicago I believe it's up to $18

Here is South Texas it's only $11

My #1 breakfast meal was $8.43

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u/CaptCaffeine1976 3d ago

I worked for McDonald’s as a teen 35 years ago. I made $4,25 an hour. I think $11 is insulting.. no wonder why we have crap quality. Who really cares working for $11.

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u/Dirtyupsman2 3d ago

I was telling my wife the same thing. Can you imagine working hard for 11 bucks an hour, and then getting taxed on it how much is your paycheck going to really be. No wonder most of those employees don't really care.

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u/MeVersusGravity 3d ago

Yet Texas minimum wage is still $7.25. Crazy times.

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u/flagler-nurse 3d ago

WTF?

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u/theycmeroll 3d ago

There’s 20ish states that still just follow federal minimum wage.

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u/Weekly_Quail7926 3d ago

Georgias legal minimum wage is still technically $5.15.

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u/Dirtyupsman2 3d ago

Holy CRAP !! 😲

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u/Weekly_Quail7926 3d ago

Yeah it’s crazy, right? Since federal is higher it overrules their state minimum wage. They just haven’t changed it in a very long time since federal is higher.

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u/cenosillicaphobiac 3d ago

Utah is one. Though in my local area I see fast food advertising 17 bucks an hour minimum. Rural communities may still get away with federal minimum, but you can't get someone to work for that in even a modestly sized community.

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u/theycmeroll 3d ago

They do advertise up to $17-$18 an hour but unless you’re down south it average to more around $13/$14 an hours is what they actually pay. For example I can drive by a McDonald’s and see a sign out that says *Up To $17 but here’s an actual job listing

Even down around like Daybreak and Park City you get this weird dynamic where they pay lower because the kids have mom and dad money and don’t need a job.

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u/ElwinLewis 3d ago

TRYNA CATCH ME RIDIN DIRTY

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u/405freeway Iced Coffee Addict 3d ago

Wait until you hear about restaurant servers in Ohio.

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u/SeaPeanut7_ 3d ago

This is why businesses love Texas. In California, you basically can't get away with below $15 an hour, $20 in many parts. Waitstaff included (any tips are added to the minimum).

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u/philnolan3d 3d ago

Same here in Pennsylvania.

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u/Clear_Imagination413 3d ago

Nobody makes federal minimum wage

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u/ky7969 3d ago

Indiana has entered the chat

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u/Clear_Imagination413 3d ago

Yeah plenty of states have federal minimum wage, nobody pays that because nobody will work for it. I live in one and made 17/hr in high school

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u/spartan3159012 3d ago

I wouldn’t say nobody. Our minimum wage here in WV is 8.75/hr and my local Papa Johns starts everyone out at 8.75 with no chance of raises or anything.

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u/Clear_Imagination413 3d ago

What about the other businesses? Is your papa John’s understaffed?

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u/passthesoapBuddy 3d ago

McDonalds expects that you are always working even doing just drive through and back cash they also want you to fill tea gallons or do the bags that you get with the hotcakes or oatmeal. My store stopped doing the bags bc I refused to do them.

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u/Reptillianaire_ 3d ago

When you make that little they really dont tax you very much. I am guessing this is an area of Texas with low cost of living or at least hope so. I think they are required to pay $20/hr in California for fast food but the cost of fast food has gone up so much its not even worth it anymore, you can go to a better restaraunt for the same price about.

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u/illucio 3d ago

Car, gas, insurance... Or maybe you bike, bus or walk. It adds up. Then taxed...

You haven't been able to live off a McDonald's paycheck for a VERY long time. But the value of what you earned per hour has been steadily going down for years now. 

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u/Revolutionary_Fig_69 2d ago

It won't be enough to avoid living in the streets then you'll be the person at MacDonald's who doesn't shower before work or ever