About MenuPriceTracker

The most accurate McDonald's menu prices in 2026 — real store-level data across 9,249 neighborhoods. No estimates. No delivery markup. Just the price you'll pay walking through the door.

Every time you land in a new city, you shouldn't have to open a different app just to know if the Big Mac at the airport McDonald's costs twice what it does back home. That's why we built this.

MenuPriceTracker started small — tracking a handful of items across a few states. Today our menu intelligence pipeline collects, cleans, and stores publicly available store-level price data from McDonald's locations across all 50 states. We track prices at the individual store level, aggregate them by ZIP code, city, and state, and surface the numbers in a clean, searchable interface.

Every price on this site is sourced from real McDonald's locations in our database — not estimates or delivery-app markups.

Why This Matters

DoorDash & Uber Eats charge 20–30% more than the actual menu price.

When you look up a McDonald's Big Mac on a delivery app, you're not seeing the real price. DoorDash and Uber Eats mark up menu prices by 20–30% on top of delivery fees and service charges — meaning a $5.89 Big Mac can appear as $7.49 or more before a single cent of fees. These platforms have a financial incentive to keep the real in-store price hidden from you.

We are the only independent platform publishing actual McDonald's in-store menu prices — sourced from publicly available store-level data across 9,249 neighborhoods. No delivery markup. No app-exclusive confusion. Just the price you'll pay when you walk through the door.

The Use Case

What We Track Today

How the data pipeline works

Our menu intelligence system ingests publicly available price records from McDonald's locations, normalizes product names, strips encoding artifacts, and loads clean records into a ClickHouse analytical database. Every query you make hits real aggregated data — not cached estimates.

Source ingestion: Raw price snapshots collected per store, per product, per month.
Name normalization: Product names are cleaned, deduplicated, and mapped to canonical product IDs before storage.
Category classification: Each product is classified (Burger / Meal / Fries / Drink / Nuggets) from a single config — no hardcoding in app logic.
Aggregation jobs: Avg, min, and max are computed by product × state, product × city, and product × ZIP — stored for fast page loads.

Why we're different

Most "price tracker" sites are static pages updated once a year with guesses. We are the first team able to provide actual per-store price data at this scale, refreshed monthly, with state and city breakdowns for every tracked product. When we don't have data for a product, we don't show a number — period.

DoorDash / Uber Eats

Menu prices marked up 20–30%
+$2–5 delivery fee
+10–15% service fee
+tips
Real in-store price: hidden

MenuPriceTracker

Actual in-store menu prices
9,249 neighborhoods
Every US state + major cities
No markup. No estimates.
Free. No app required.

Independent Research Platform: MenuPriceTracker is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by McDonald's Corporation or any of its franchisees. All product names, trademarks, and brand marks belong to their respective owners and are referenced for identification purposes only under nominative fair use.

Price data is provided for informational purposes only. Actual prices at any individual location may vary. We cannot guarantee real-time accuracy for any specific store — always verify at the restaurant.

Editorial Team

Joyce Kim

Senior Price Analyst, MenuPriceTracker

Joyce Kim leads editorial at MenuPriceTracker, overseeing data accuracy, price guides, and every FAQ published on this site. She covers consumer pricing, fast-food economics, and the effect of delivery-platform markups on everyday household spending. All content, AI-assisted or otherwise, passes through her editorial review before publication.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the same item cost different amounts in different states?

McDonald's operates primarily through franchisees who set their own prices within general guidelines. Local factors — including rent, minimum wages, and competition — all influence prices. California and New York, with higher minimum wages, consistently show the highest prices nationwide.

How much have McDonald's prices risen recently?

The average Big Mac price has risen significantly over the past two years, driven primarily by labor cost increases in high-wage states and general commodity pressure. Our data shows a national average of $5.91 as of October 2026.

Where are the cheapest McDonald's in the US?

Southern states — particularly Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama — consistently have the lowest prices. San Antonio, TX also ranks among the most affordable major cities. Use the homepage search to find prices near you.

Are app prices different from in-store menu prices?

Yes — significantly. Delivery platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats mark up McDonald's in-store menu prices by 20–30% before adding delivery fees, service fees, and optional tips. A Big Mac that costs $5.89 in-store may be listed at $7.49 or more on a delivery app. MenuPriceTracker shows you the actual in-store price so you always know the real baseline.

Why don't delivery apps show the real McDonald's price?

Delivery platforms negotiate revenue-sharing agreements with restaurant chains that allow them to inflate the displayed menu price. This markup — separate from the delivery and service fees listed at checkout — helps offset the commission McDonald's pays to the platform. The result: most customers have no idea what the item actually costs in the restaurant. We do.

How do I submit a price correction?

Email us at [email protected] with your store's ZIP code, the item, and the price you observed. We aim to review corrections within 5 business days.

Can I share a menu price or screenshot I saw at my local McDonald's?

Yes — and we'd love that. Our goal is to become the #1 independent data source for McDonald's prices in the US, and community-contributed price photos are a big part of how we get there. If you snap a photo of the menu board or your receipt, you can submit it directly through our crowd-sourced price tool. Every submission helps us cross-verify our pipeline data with real ground-truth observations and catch prices that may have changed between updates. The more eyes we have in the field, the more accurate and timely our data becomes for everyone.

Why does MenuPriceTracker want community-submitted prices?

Our automated pipeline captures publicly available store-level price data on a monthly cadence — but prices can change faster than that, especially with new promotions, local cost-of-living adjustments, or franchise-level decisions. Community-submitted photos and observations let us fill those gaps in near real-time. We're building this platform to be the most trusted, most complete source of McDonald's pricing intelligence in the country — and that means combining the scale of our data pipeline with the on-the-ground accuracy that only real customers can provide. If you care about transparent pricing, contributing is one of the best ways to help.

What is the average price of a Big Mac in 2026?

As of October 2026, the national average price for a Big Mac in the US is $5.91. Prices range from around $4.19 in the cheapest states (Mississippi, Arkansas) to over $8.99 at premium locations in New York City and Hawaii.

How accurate is MenuPriceTracker?

Every price on our site is sourced from publicly available store-level data across tracked McDonald's US neighborhoods — not estimates, surveys, or delivery app listings. We cover 9,249 neighborhoods. If we don't have verified data for a product at a location, we don't show a number.

What McDonald's menu items does MenuPriceTracker cover?

We currently track 18 of the most-searched McDonald's items: Big Mac, Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger, Filet-O-Fish, 20pc Chicken McNuggets, Medium & Large French Fries, Medium Coke, Medium Latte, Vanilla Cone, Medium Strawberry Shake, Medium Minute Maid Orange Juice, Big Mac Meal, Big Mac Large Meal, Big Arch, Big Arch Meal, and Big Arch Large Meal. More items are added regularly.

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