A study examined the employment of Hispanics in the fast-food industry. Data were obtained from a national survey of employees at 279 fast-food restaurants from seven companies in which 194 (4.2 percent) of the 4,660 respondents reported being Hispanic. Compared with the total sample, Hispanic fast-food employees were slightly less likely to be female (62 versus 66 percent) and somewhat younger (75 versus 71 percent below the age of 20). More Hispanic fast-food industry employees were in general rather than vocational or academic programs, with fully 18 percent not knowing which program they were in. The grades of the respondents were fairly high, with only 14 percent reporting grade averages of C or below. The work ethic appeared to be alive and well among the Hispanic respondents, with 63 percent expecting work to be the central part of their lives and 85 percent saying they would work even if they didn't need to. Most planned to continue their education beyond high school. There was some link between employment in a fast-food restaurant and school for about one-fourth of the Hispanic respondents. As was true for their non-Hispanic counterparts in the survey, the Hispanic employees were able to learn a number of transferable job-related skills. (MN)