Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Spicy Chicken Sandwich at Wendy's. 560 calories, $6.39, 28 g protein.

Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Photograph from Wendy's, as published on its own menu.

560calories
$6.39price
28 gprotein
+9label score
88calories per dollar

How it compares on the Wendy's menu

At 560 calories it is heavier than 71% of the 184 Wendy's items we track, against a menu median of 420. Scored on Wendy's own printed label, it comes to +9 on the label score, 29th of 74 Wendy's items we can score that way. It delivers 5.0 g of protein per 100 calories, 46th of 151 items with published protein. At 88 calories per dollar it is 117th of 171 priced items on value.

Lighter choices at Wendy's

ItemCaloriesSaving
Classic Chicken Sandwich550−10
Maple Bacon Chicken Croissant540−20
Apple Crumble Frosty Fusion®, Vanilla540−20
Medium Apple Crumble Frosty Fusion®, Vanilla540−20
Large Strawberry Chocolate Frosty Swirl™530−30

The same thing at other chains

ChainItemCaloriesNutrient density
Chick-fil-ASmall Spicy Chilled Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich Tray220—
Chick-fil-ALarge Spicy Chilled Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich Tray220—
Burger KingChicken Jr.440—
Chick-fil-ASpicy Chicken Sandwich450—
Chick-fil-AChicken Sandwich4667.82
Chick-fil-ASpicy Chilled Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich500—

What a Spicy Chicken Sandwich costs across America

Priced at 3787 Wendy's restaurants in 45 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $5.89 and $7.19, a spread of 22%.

$6.39median price
$5.89–$7.19middle 80%
3787restaurants priced
45states
106 restaurants at $5.59–$5.74274 restaurants at $5.74–$5.89731 restaurants at $5.89–$6.0464 restaurants at $6.04–$6.19570 restaurants at $6.19–$6.34292 restaurants at $6.34–$6.49563 restaurants at $6.49–$6.64391 restaurants at $6.64–$6.79131 restaurants at $6.79–$6.94260 restaurants at $6.94–$7.0944 restaurants at $7.09–$7.2452 restaurants at $7.24–$7.3949 restaurants at $7.39–$7.54260 restaurants at $7.54 and above$5.59$7.54+

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$5.19cheapest sampled — KISSIMMEE, FL
$8.79most expensive sampled — SAN DIEGO, CA

The cheapest Spicy Chicken Sandwich in the sample is $5.19 in KISSIMMEE, FL, and the most expensive is $8.79 in SAN DIEGO, CA. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.

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By state, for what it is worth

About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 44 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 36 in between are not listed.

StateMedianRestaurantsEnd
AR$5.7924cheapest
WV$5.7939cheapest
NM$5.7912cheapest
NC$5.89205cheapest
CA$7.69257most expensive
NE$7.594most expensive
DC$7.393most expensive
DE$7.1012most expensive

What it has cost since we started watching

26 of the 4,059 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-08. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.5%. A typical one now charges $6.39.

Everything that changed at this chain →

Priced like this at Wendy's

The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Spicy Chicken Sandwich’s $6.39. 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.

ItemMedianSpreadRestaurants
Classic Chicken Sandwich$6.3922%3,785
Grilled Chicken Ranch Wrap$6.4927%3,782
Son of Baconator®$6.6928%3,776
Dave's Single®$5.9925%3,788
Big Bacon Classic®$6.9921%3,788

Full nutrient panel

NutrientAmount
Calcium6 mg
Dietary Fiber3 g
Iron15 mg
Potassium10 mg
Protein28 g
Saturated Fat4.5 g
Sodium1500 mg
Sugars7 g
Total Fat26 g
Trans Fat0 g
Vitamin A0 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg

The nutrition label as Wendy's publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.