How Much Does Bucees Pay? Hourly Wages by Role

Buc-ee's is known for oversized travel centers, and it is unusual among convenience and travel-stop employers for publishing a pay ladder on its own careers page. The company lists ranges for associates, team leads, and department managers, along with annual figures for assistant general managers and general managers. That makes this page easier to build than most pay guides, since the main numbers come from the employer.

One detail in the company's wording matters. The page notes that its figures are based on minimum hourly pay rates for annual wages. Read the ranges as a starting point, not as a cap or an average for everyone working in a store.

The hourly roles come first.

An associate starts in the range of $20 – $25/hr. A team lead moves up to $23 – $28/hr. A department manager is listed at $33/hr. The jump from associate to department manager is large, and the ladder shows a clear incentive to move into supervisory roles.

Store leadership

The top of the ladder is paid as annual salary rather than by the hour.

An assistant general manager is listed at $125,000/yr, which the company shows as a "plus" figure. A general manager's range is $225,000 – $300,000/yr, with the top of the range also marked as open ended. Salaries at this level depend on the store and on the person's record.

Buc-ee's was founded in Texas and runs many of its stores there, so Texas BLS data is a fair benchmark. These are medians for the occupation across all employers and are not Buc-ee's pay.

Cashiers

The Texas cashier median is $14.06/hr, against $15.81/hr nationally.

Stockers and order fillers

The Texas median for stockers and order fillers is $17.71/hr, compared with $17.95/hr nationally.

Fast food and counter workers

Food service staff at a travel center resemble counter workers, who have a Texas median of $13.34/hr. The Texas range for that occupation runs from $10.44/hr to $17.15/hr.

Set against those figures, the associate range published by Buc-ee's is higher than the Texas medians for comparable retail and counter jobs. These are different measures, though: one is a minimum rate posted by one employer, and the other is a median across many.

• Location: The careers page gives one set of ranges, but cost of living and local competition for workers differ from store to store. Look at the specific posting.
• Department: Roles in food service, retail, and operations may be set at different points inside the range.
• Schedule: Ask about hours, since a higher rate matters less if hours are limited.
• Benefits: The careers page also describes benefits, which add to the value of the job beyond the wage.
• Annual roles: Management figures are salaries, so compare them with other salaried roles and not with hourly pay.

The careers page is the employer's own statement, which makes it the strongest source here, but it is a short summary. It does not say which stores, departments, or shifts sit at the low or high end of each range. The BLS figures are medians across a whole occupation in Texas and the nation, so they show the market and not what any single employer pays. When you get an offer, ask for the exact rate in writing and compare it with the posted range for the role.