Taco Bell Offers $100K Salaries: See Lamorinda Locations

If we told you that you could earn a six-figure salary working at an area restaurant, you'd probably guess we were talking about one of the fancy, white table-cloth spots, right? Well, what if we told you it was Taco Bell?

Yum! Brands, which owns the Mexican fast-food chain, announced Thursday that, later this year, it will be testing $100,000 annual salaries for general managers of company-owned Taco Bells in select locations.

The announcement was part of a series of initiatives the company rolled out Thursday that is says are meant to enhance restaurant performance, employee satisfaction, recruitment and retention.

In Lamorinda, there are Taco Bells located at:

• 410 Moraga Rd, Moraga, CA 94556
• 3501 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549

The company did not announce which locations will test out the $100,000 manager's salary.

Current salaries for the managers of company-owned Taco Bell restaurants range from $50,000-$80,000, Bloomberg reported.

Other programs that Yum! announced Thursday included "Makers," a program for employees who may not want to be managers but want to get leadership experience and "elevate their passion for the brand."

The company also announced that all nationwide company employees can become eligible to receive at least 24 hours of paid sick time per calendar year, starting in 2020.

Also, Yum! has a plan to make all of Taco Bell's packaging material used by customers recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025. Recycling or composting bins will be added to all restaurants where it's possible and PFAS, Phthalates and BPA — potentially hazardous substances used in plastics — will be removed from all customer-facing packaging materials.

What do you think? Would you take a job managing a Taco Bell for $100,000 a year. Let us know in the comments or on social media.

— Patch editors Doug Gross and Bea Karnes contributed to this story