Occupational employment / Food servers, nonrestaurant

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Food servers, nonrestaurant" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,530 $11.81 $24,570
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 16,170 $12.48 $25,950
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 8,210 $13.96 $29,030
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6,520 $10.15 $21,110
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,410 $10.11 $21,030
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,820 $10.14 $21,090
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4,880 $11.63 $24,190
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 4,270 $10.07 $20,950
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,100 $11.04 $22,960
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 3,980 $10.30 $21,430
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,920 $10.63 $22,100
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 3,410 $10.16 $21,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 3,200 $11.40 $23,720
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,150 $11.22 $23,340
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,960 $10.70 $22,260
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,900 $12.00 $24,970
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,860 $9.43 $19,600
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 2,620 $10.97 $22,830
Pittsburgh, PA 2,580 $8.98 $18,680
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,540 $13.42 $27,920
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,380 $9.28 $19,310
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 2,210 $10.55 $21,950
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,160 $11.06 $23,010
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,960 $10.48 $21,790
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,950 $9.49 $19,740
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,930 $12.32 $25,630
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,880 $10.26 $21,340
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,860 $13.54 $28,160
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1,850 $9.10 $18,920
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,830 $9.03 $18,780
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,760 $10.11 $21,040
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,750 $10.32 $21,470
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,750 $9.07 $18,860
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,710 $10.72 $22,300
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,690 $12.06 $25,090
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,630 $9.47 $19,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,630 $13.52 $28,120
Columbus, OH 1,570 $9.27 $19,290
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,530 $9.80 $20,370
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,470 $10.06 $20,930
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,450 $9.94 $20,680
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,440 $13.78 $28,660
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,310 $9.57 $19,910
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,130 $11.64 $24,220
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,120 $8.90 $18,520
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,110 $9.57 $19,910
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,090 $11.89 $24,730
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,050 $10.42 $21,660
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,000 $11.59 $24,110
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 970 $10.02 $20,850
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 970 $9.84 $20,460
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 950 $9.77 $20,320
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 940 $10.21 $21,240
San Antonio, TX 900 $9.46 $19,670
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 880 $12.67 $26,360
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 880 $8.07 $16,790
Oklahoma City, OK 830 $7.78 $16,180
Richmond, VA 830 $10.16 $21,120
Jackson, MS 820 $7.17 $14,920
Jacksonville, FL 810 $9.43 $19,610
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 810 $8.46 $17,590
Naples-Marco Island, FL 810 $11.41 $23,740
Madison, WI 800 $12.27 $25,510
Rochester, NY 800 $9.37 $19,480
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 790 $10.73 $22,320
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 780 $9.54 $19,850
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 780 $10.88 $22,630
Albuquerque, NM 770 $8.17 $16,980
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 750 $11.37 $23,640
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 710 $9.90 $20,590
Dayton, OH 690 $9.28 $19,300
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 680 $13.11 $27,270
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 660 $8.91 $18,540
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 650 $11.15 $23,190
Lancaster, PA 640 $9.61 $19,990
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 630 $10.92 $22,720
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 620 $12.28 $25,550
Tucson, AZ 590 $9.77 $20,330
Atlantic City, NJ 590 $11.17 $23,240
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 580 $11.03 $22,930
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 550 $9.43 $19,610
Raleigh-Cary, NC 530 $9.87 $20,540
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 530 $8.39 $17,440
Colorado Springs, CO 530 $8.43 $17,540
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 510 $9.44 $19,640
Austin-Round Rock, TX 510 $10.17 $21,150
Salt Lake City, UT 500 $9.05 $18,830
Toledo, OH 500 $9.54 $19,840
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 500 $8.68 $18,060
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 490 $7.37 $15,330
Greensboro-High Point, NC 480 $8.87 $18,450
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 480 $10.05 $20,900
Akron, OH 460 $9.79 $20,360
Boulder, CO 460 $11.37 $23,650
La Crosse, WI-MN 450 $10.45 $21,740
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 430 $10.66 $22,170
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 430 $7.24 $15,060
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 420 $9.06 $18,840
New Haven, CT 410 $12.96 $26,950
Syracuse, NY 410 $10.41 $21,650
Green Bay, WI 410 $9.88 $20,550
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 400 $9.65 $20,070
Lincoln, NE 390 $8.51 $17,700
Honolulu, HI 380 $14.60 $30,360
Tulsa, OK 380 $8.61 $17,900
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 380 $8.91 $18,540
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 360 $9.15 $19,040
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 360 $9.47 $19,690
Mobile, AL 360 $9.27 $19,280
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 360 $10.54 $21,920
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 350 $9.31 $19,360
Jonesboro, AR 340 $7.19 $14,950
Rochester, MN 340 $12.42 $25,840
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 340 $11.84 $24,630
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 330 $11.28 $23,470
Champaign-Urbana, IL 330 $9.22 $19,170
Peoria, IL 330 $9.31 $19,370
Flint, MI 320 $10.23 $21,270
Columbia, SC 320 $8.00 $16,640
Fort Wayne, IN 310 $9.68 $20,130
Winston-Salem, NC 310 $9.90 $20,580
Manchester, NH 310 $9.26 $19,260
Reading, PA 310 $10.46 $21,760
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 310 $11.34 $23,590
Salinas, CA 300 $11.44 $23,800
Durham, NC 290 $10.35 $21,530
Worcester, MA-CT 290 $10.39 $21,620
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 290 $7.79 $16,200
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 280 $8.89 $18,490
Asheville, NC 280 $8.89 $18,480
Ann Arbor, MI 280 $11.44 $23,790
Lakeland, FL 280 $9.52 $19,800
Eugene-Springfield, OR 280 $10.65 $22,140
Appleton, WI 280 $11.22 $23,350
Baton Rouge, LA 270 $7.95 $16,540
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 260 $11.13 $23,140
Springfield, MA-CT 260 $10.32 $21,470
Tallahassee, FL 250 $9.03 $18,790
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 250 $10.15 $21,120
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 250 $9.33 $19,410
Salem, OR 250 $9.10 $18,930
Charleston, WV 250 $7.94 $16,510
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 240 $9.04 $18,800
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 240 $12.09 $25,150
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 240 $11.05 $22,990
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 240 $9.99 $20,770
Gainesville, FL 230 $9.61 $20,000
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 230 $10.17 $21,160
Boise City-Nampa, ID 230 $8.89 $18,490
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 230 $10.79 $22,440
Duluth, MN-WI 230 $10.34 $21,500
Cedar Rapids, IA 220 $9.67 $20,120
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 220 $10.04 $20,890
Wichita, KS 220 $8.34 $17,350
Roanoke, VA 220 $9.14 $19,000
Canton-Massillon, OH 220 $9.13 $19,000
York-Hanover, PA 210 $9.52 $19,790
Bellingham, WA 210 $12.25 $25,490
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 210 $10.72 $22,290
Spokane, WA 210 $10.10 $21,020
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 200 $8.69 $18,070
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 200 $9.22 $19,170
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 200 $11.62 $24,170
Ocean City, NJ 200 $9.54 $19,840
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 200 $9.41 $19,570
Wausau, WI 190 $9.59 $19,940
Ocala, FL 190 $8.91 $18,530
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 190 $10.36 $21,550
Fort Smith, AR-OK 190 $7.25 $15,070
Chattanooga, TN-GA 190 $9.83 $20,440
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 180 $9.62 $20,020
Tuscaloosa, AL 170 $7.58 $15,770
Fargo, ND-MN 170 $9.77 $20,330
Utica-Rome, NY 170 $10.48 $21,810
Springfield, OH 170 $9.15 $19,030
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 170 $7.52 $15,640
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 170 $10.56 $21,970
Jackson, MI 170 $11.02 $22,920
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 170 $8.62 $17,930
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 170 $11.56 $24,050
Barnstable Town, MA 160 $10.77 $22,390
Iowa City, IA 160 $9.23 $19,190
Fresno, CA 160 $9.31 $19,350
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 160 $10.08 $20,960
Williamsport, PA 160 $8.98 $18,680
Grand Forks, ND-MN 160 $9.98 $20,760
Missoula, MT 160 $9.29 $19,320
Erie, PA 150 $8.14 $16,940
Evansville, IN-KY 150 $8.98 $18,690
Lynchburg, VA 150 $7.57 $15,730
Monroe, LA 150 $8.88 $18,470
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 150 $9.22 $19,180
Pine Bluff, AR 150 $7.25 $15,080
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 150 $8.91 $18,530
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 150 $8.87 $18,450
Knoxville, TN 150 $10.29 $21,410
Lawrence, KS 140 $7.06 $14,680
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 140 $8.52 $17,730
Wilmington, NC 140 $10.05 $20,900
Montgomery, AL 140 $8.51 $17,690
Provo-Orem, UT 140 $9.68 $20,120
Racine, WI 140 $10.60 $22,050
Prescott, AZ 140 $10.09 $20,980
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 140 $8.36 $17,380
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 130 $10.31 $21,440
Charlottesville, VA 130 $9.49 $19,730
Lexington-Fayette, KY 130 $9.17 $19,070
Ponce, PR 130 $7.90 $16,420
Bend, OR 130 $13.43 $27,940
Athens-Clarke County, GA 130 $8.33 $17,320
Sheboygan, WI 120 Not available Not available
Monroe, MI 120 $9.97 $20,730
Medford, OR 120 $9.27 $19,280
Springfield, MO 120 $8.14 $16,920
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 120 $8.24 $17,130
Columbus, IN 120 $8.44 $17,550
Waterbury, CT 120 $12.12 $25,200
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 120 $8.61 $17,910
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 120 $9.67 $20,100
Corpus Christi, TX 110 $8.62 $17,920
Lawton, OK 110 $6.93 $14,410
El Paso, TX 110 $8.49 $17,660
Reno-Sparks, NV 110 $9.03 $18,770
Janesville, WI 110 $10.75 $22,350
Spartanburg, SC 110 $8.92 $18,560
Huntsville, AL 110 $9.32 $19,380
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 110 $8.04 $16,720
Columbus, GA-AL 110 $8.28 $17,220
Greeley, CO 110 $10.46 $21,760
Sandusky, OH 110 $9.17 $19,070
Napa, CA 110 $11.95 $24,860
Stockton, CA 110 $10.88 $22,630
Lafayette, LA 110 $8.58 $17,850
Hot Springs, AR 100 $8.05 $16,740
Santa Fe, NM 100 $11.69 $24,320
Cumberland, MD-WV 100 $10.50 $21,840
Dothan, AL 100 $8.09 $16,830
Grand Junction, CO 100 $8.85 $18,410
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 100 $6.95 $14,450
Kokomo, IN 100 $8.21 $17,090
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 100 $10.75 $22,360
Savannah, GA 100 $7.45 $15,500
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 90 $9.84 $20,480
Salisbury, MD 90 $8.88 $18,470
Topeka, KS 90 $7.80 $16,220
Macon, GA 90 $9.78 $20,340
Dubuque, IA 90 $8.93 $18,570
Binghamton, NY 90 $9.72 $20,220
Decatur, IL 90 $10.46 $21,750
Rockford, IL 90 $9.29 $19,310
Anderson, IN 90 $9.43 $19,610
Rocky Mount, NC 90 $8.35 $17,370
Harrisonburg, VA 90 $8.06 $16,760
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 90 $7.94 $16,520
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 90 $6.85 $14,240
Wheeling, WV-OH 90 $8.44 $17,550
Pueblo, CO 90 $9.07 $18,870
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 80 $8.72 $18,130
Eau Claire, WI 80 $10.09 $20,990
Kingston, NY 80 $10.84 $22,550
Chico, CA 80 $9.46 $19,680
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 80 $8.89 $18,480
Altoona, PA 80 $9.06 $18,850
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 70 $8.37 $17,420
Auburn-Opelika, AL 70 $8.11 $16,880
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 70 $9.04 $18,800
Portsmouth, NH-ME 70 $8.39 $17,460
Bloomington, IN 70 $9.12 $18,960
Lima, OH 70 $9.37 $19,480
Sioux Falls, SD 70 $10.89 $22,650
Florence, SC 70 $9.12 $18,970
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 70 $13.67 $28,430
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $10.75 $22,360
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 70 $9.96 $20,710
Winchester, VA-WV 70 $8.76 $18,220
Pascagoula, MS 70 $7.75 $16,110
College Station-Bryan, TX 60 $8.59 $17,860
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 60 $7.55 $15,710
Lubbock, TX 60 $7.70 $16,020
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 60 $7.37 $15,320
Hattiesburg, MS 60 $7.72 $16,060
Anchorage, AK 60 $17.60 $36,610
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 60 $9.90 $20,590
Punta Gorda, FL 60 $9.16 $19,060
Mayaguez, PR 60 $8.52 $17,710
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 60 $8.75 $18,200
Waco, TX 60 $8.09 $16,830
Fond du Lac, WI 60 $9.39 $19,520
Fayetteville, NC 60 $11.17 $23,230
Bloomington-Normal, IL 60 $9.82 $20,420
Yuma, AZ 60 $8.49 $17,650
Columbia, MO 50 $8.10 $16,840
Billings, MT 50 $8.01 $16,660
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 50 $8.78 $18,260
Clarksville, TN-KY 50 Not available Not available
Battle Creek, MI 50 $10.01 $20,820
Farmington, NM 50 $7.71 $16,040
Ames, IA 40 $10.61 $22,070
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40 $11.78 $24,500
Laredo, TX 40 $7.80 $16,220
Elmira, NY 40 $9.90 $20,600
Muncie, IN 40 $7.73 $16,080
Idaho Falls, ID 40 $9.14 $19,010
Bismarck, ND 40 $11.33 $23,570
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 30 $10.09 $20,990
Elizabethtown, KY 30 $8.28 $17,210
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Not available $12.54 $26,080
Owensboro, KY Not available $8.95 $18,620
Bowling Green, KY Not available $8.63 $17,940
Terre Haute, IN Not available $8.54 $17,750
Greenville, NC Not available $7.28 $15,140
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $9.05 $18,830
State College, PA Not available $10.57 $21,980
Bakersfield, CA Not available $8.82 $18,360
Greenville, SC Not available $9.02 $18,750
Amarillo, TX Not available $8.63 $17,940
Pocatello, ID Not available $7.86 $16,360
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Not available $9.91 $20,620
Anniston-Oxford, AL Not available $7.31 $15,200
Logan, UT-ID Not available $7.82 $16,280
Gadsden, AL Not available $7.39 $15,380
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Not available $10.93 $22,730
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Not available $10.02 $20,840
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA Not available $10.89 $22,650
Wenatchee, WA Not available $9.35 $19,450
Morgantown, WV Not available $8.85 $18,410
Visalia-Porterville, CA Not available $9.76 $20,300
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