Spicy Chicken Sandwich at KFC. 620 calories, $5.39, 34 g protein.
Data as of November 6, 2026.
At 620 calories it is heavier than 91% of the 35 KFC items we track, against a menu median of 129. It delivers 5.5 g of protein per 100 calories, 19th of 32 items with published protein. At 115 calories per dollar it is 7th of 17 priced items on value.
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chick-fil-A | Small Spicy Chilled Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich Tray | 220 | — |
| Chick-fil-A | Large Spicy Chilled Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich Tray | 220 | — |
| Burger King | Chicken Jr. | 440 | — |
| Chick-fil-A | Spicy Chicken Sandwich | 450 | — |
| Chick-fil-A | Chicken Sandwich | 466 | 7.82 |
| Chick-fil-A | Spicy Chilled Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich | 500 | — |
Priced at 2,645 KFC restaurants in 50 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $4.99 and $6.19, a spread of 24%.
It is on the menu at 2,645 of the 2,793 restaurants sampled, so it is not carried everywhere.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
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The cheapest Spicy Chicken Sandwich in the sample is $3.50 in Salton City, CA, and the most expensive is $10.19 in Baker, CA. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 50 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 42 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | $4.99 | 46 | cheapest |
| ID | $4.99 | 13 | cheapest |
| MT | $4.99 | 8 | cheapest |
| UT | $4.99 | 33 | cheapest |
| AK | $9.50 | 5 | most expensive |
| HI | $8.60 | 14 | most expensive |
| RI | $6.69 | 13 | most expensive |
| MA | $6.59 | 47 | most expensive |
None of the 1,730 restaurants we price has changed this since 2026-11-04. A typical one charges $5.39.
See every Spicy Chicken Sandwich we price on the map — 2,645 restaurants, one dot each →
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Spicy Chicken Sandwich's $5.39. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac & Cheese Bowl | $6.79 | 25% | 2,664 |
| Pot Pie | $6.99 | 30% | 2,738 |
| Sweet Corn | $3.49 | 40% | 2,783 |
| Cole Slaw | $3.49 | 45% | 2,777 |
| Mashed Potatoes and Gravy | $3.49 | 40% | 2,761 |
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Added Sugars | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 85 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 34 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 2140 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 49 g |
| Total Fat | 33 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
The nutrition label as KFC publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.
Priced from the complete menu at 2,645 restaurants — every location that lists it, not a sample.
Citing this data
Source: Fast Food Index (https://fastfoodindex.com/kfc/spicy-chicken-sandwich/), prices checked November 6, 2026. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.
The typical Spicy Chicken Sandwich costs $5.39 at KFC — the median across 2,645 priced restaurants.
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