McDonald's
Catering & Food Services
37open roles
$159kmedian advertised pay
78H-1B filings in 12 months
Scaling fasthiring pace, 89 of 100
Overview
McDonald's is an American fast-food restaurant company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, serving burgers, fries, chicken, breakfast items and drinks. The corporation was founded in 1955 by Ray Kroc, building on the restaurant opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald, and most of its restaurants in more than 100 countries are run by franchisees. Its corporate board hires field operations consultants, finance, employee relations and administrative staff in Chicago, at a global office in Hyderabad and in Europe.
How McDonald's hires
Truth index
A 89/100
Median time to fill
23 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
33%
Reposted roles
17%
McDonald's scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 33% have gone stale and 17% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 23 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
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$127k – $159k per year · Equity · In office · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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$167k – $209k per year · Equity · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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$138k – $173k per year · Equity · In office · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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≈ $23k – $61k per year (Estimated) · In office · 11+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Hyderabad
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≈ $30k – $52k per year (Estimated) · In office · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Hyderabad
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≈ $12k – $27k per year (Estimated) · In office · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Hyderabad
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≈ $30k – $63k per year (Estimated) · In office · Hyderabad
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DevOps
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≈ $26k – $51k per year (Estimated) · In office · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Hyderabad
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$195k – $244k per year · In office · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$159k
Typical range
$54k – $296k
Open positions
55
47
Jobs
Intern
4.3%
Junior
10.6%
Middle
21.3%
Senior
36.2%
Staff
6.4%
Architect
21.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 2 | $54k | $54k |
| Junior | 5 | $117k | $106k – $131k |
| Middle | 10 | $118k | $76k – $177k |
| Senior | 17 | $177k | $91k – $296k |
| Staff | 3 | $173k | $159k – $173k |
| Architect | 10 | $216k | $159k – $244k |
Highest paying role
Sr Director, Data Engineering - Consumer Data & Analytics
$296k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at McDonald's
By role, level and city, against the market · 55 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
78 ▲ 47%
H-1B filings in 12 months
12
Green card filings
$162k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
40
Data scientists
23
Information security analysts
4
In the register as McDonald's Corporation, Chicago, IL (+2 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 24, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
89/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
128
52 opened / 73 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
22 days
faster than 55% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~11 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
13% ▲
Industrial Engineering
12% ▼
HR
8% ▲
Field & Service
7% ▼
Security
6%
Administrative
6%
Actively hiring for Finance (+15 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+9 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
New location: Irving
Nov 2026
New location: Irvine
Nov 2026
New location: New Zealand
Nov 2026
Added Plasma Etch to stack
Oct 2026
+12 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
New location: Oak Brook
Oct 2026
New location: Nashville
Oct 2026
New location: Atlanta
Oct 2026
New location: Madrid
Oct 2026
Added Snowflake to stack
Oct 2026
Added Scala to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at McDonald's over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
154
Postings analysed
91
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
Python23%
SQL19%
JavaScript13%
PowerShell10%
Frameworks & libraries
Flink4%
Angular3%
OpenTelemetry2%
Appium2%
Databases
Google BigQuery8%
Amazon Redshift1%
Azure Cosmos DB1%
Azure SQL Database1%
Cloud & platforms
GCP29%
AWS25%
Azure23%
Apache Kafka10%
AI & ML
Gemini2%
LLM1%
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News
The Difference Between McDonald's And Burger King's Beef Patties
Think you could pass a blind taste test of McDonald's and Burger King's patties? Each chain's approach to burger preparation is what sets them apart.
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Infamous McDonald's Monopoly game returns with $1M grand prize
McDonald's is bringing back its Monopoly promotion, giving customers a chance to win a $1 million grand prize with physical peel-off stickers.
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McDonald's sued for allegedly using AI tool to determine pricing for franchises
Suit says AI tool allows independently owned franchises to exchange nonpublic price and sales information
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Inside McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac
McDonald's is using AI to set menu prices in franchises across the world by estimating customers' "willingness to pay" for items at each store.
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McDonald's turns to AI for drive-thru, inventory management, order accuracy
McDonald's will roll out ArchIQ, an artificial intelligence platform to power restaurant operations, as part of its Next strategy.
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McDonald's is testing ads on its drive-thru menus
McDonald's is launching a test that puts ads from other brands on its drive-thru menus, according to a report from Bloomberg.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
19
Hiring now
19
Countries
13
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago
United States
HQ
53 open roles 92 posted in 90 days 23% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $162k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering, Security
Hyderabad
India
Plant / site
24 open roles 41 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for DevOps, HR, Leadership
Guyancourt
France
Regional office
11 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Finance, Operations, Early Careers
Utrecht
Netherlands
Regional office
6 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Administrative, Finance
Thornleigh
Australia
Corporate office
6 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for HR, Field & Service, Finance
Mexico City
Mexico
Corporate office
4 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Finance, Management
Diegem
Belgium
Sales office
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Communications, Marketing
Munich
Germany
Plant / site
3 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 33% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Analytics
London
United Kingdom
Corporate office
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR, Legal, Industrial Engineering
Warsaw
Poland
Corporate office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering
Madrid
Spain
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR, Field & Service
Nashville
United States
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $98k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Irving
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Toronto
Canada
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $91k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Oak Brook
United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Administrative
Columbus
United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Administrative
Berlin
Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management
Singapore
Singapore
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Administrative
Irvine
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $119k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Earlier presence
Walnut Creek, United States
Denver, United States
Atlanta, United States