In Less Than 8 Hours, McDonald’s CEO Earns What A Typical Worker Makes All Year (Photo by Justin ... More Sullivan/Getty Images)
Getty ImagesFrom $350,000 a week down to $680 per week, jobs at McDonald’s run the gamut. Here are four (4) different six-figure jobs that you can apply for today.
McDonald’s, a 70-year-old fast-food company, announced that it will offer a new spicy McMuffin breakfast sandwich and return its popular snack wrap to the food menu on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.
These changes come after the company’s release of its Q1 2025 results. The earning’s report, published in May, shows that McDonald’s experienced an overall decrease in sales globally and within the United States. It specifically states that during the quarter, "global comparable sales decreased 1.0%, impacted by the comparison to Leap Day in the prior year:
- U.S. decreased 3.6%
- International Operated Markets decreased 1.0%
- International Developmental Licensed Markets increased 3.5%."
McDonald’s jobs paying up to $5,557/week available wow.
McDonald’s is the largest restaurant chain in the world with more than 37,000 locations across 100+ countries, and it employs about 150,000 individuals around the world.
Even with a massive number of lower paid employees, McDonald’s has well-paid positions. Right now, the company has quite a few six-figure jobs listed on LinkedIn. These are management and senior management-level jobs that the company currently seeks to fill. Here are a few hybrid and on-site positions that are currently available.
Four (4) currently available six-figure jobs with McDonald’s.
- Sr. Director, Global Technology Strategy & Planning, Chicago, Illinois. This is a hybrid role with a salary range of $193 – 251K, and it comes with a full benefit package. This position posted just three days ago and pays up to $4,826/week.
- Chief Information Officer (CIO) with Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), Chicago, Illinois. This is an on-site role with a salary range of $222 - $289K and a full benefit package. This job posted six days ago and pays up to $5,557/week.
- Manager, Program Management & Operations Excellence, Chicago, Illinois. This is a hybrid role with a salary range of $112 - $143K and a full benefit package. This job posted one week ago and pays up to $2,750/week.
- Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture, Chicago, Illinois. This is a hybrid role with a salary range of $222 - $289K, and it comes with a full benefit package. This job posted a week ago and pays up to $5,557/week.
McDonald’s CEO made nearly $350,000/week in 2024.
The company is led by Chris Kempczinski who has worked for McDonald’s since 2015. Kempczinski joined the company as executive vice president of strategy, business development and innovation before taking the helm as McDonald’s CEO in 2019 and becoming the company’s chairman of the board in 2024.
According to the company’s 2025 Notice of Shareholder’s Meeting and Proxy Statement, the CEO was compensated $18,195,263 in 2024. Divided weekly, CEO Kempczinski earned near $350,000/week.
ZipRecruiter and Glassdoor place McDonald’s average earnings for a crew employee at about $660/week (or $17/hour).
While the pay gap between the CEO and the crew employees is vast, McDonald’s CEO has a smaller gap percentage than many other CEOs as detailed by Business Insider’s review of 20 CEOs who make more in a day than their workers do in a year.
McDonald’s four cultural norms.
In an effort to accelerate the company—"to become faster, more innovative, more efficient and to offer more exciting career and work opportunities”—McDonald’s has embraced and incorporates the following four cultural norms since 2023:
Start with the problem: We take time to define and align on the problem before we start solving it. Share and steal: We proudly share ideas and celebrate borrowing from each other when the solution already exists. Relentlessly prioritize: We actively prioritize work that solves problems for our customers and people, and stop projects that dull our focus. Discuss, don’t present: We use meetings efficiently to collaborate and move the problem forward.If you are interested in any of the six-figure jobs that McDonald’s currently has available, use the corresponding links above to review the job postings. Reach out directly to the listed company contact with any questions.
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