Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
United States. Estimated employment 293,900, with pages for 24 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 35-3041
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$35,360 · 50th
$28,03010th
$31,19025th
$35,36050th
$38,50075th
$46,12090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Food Servers, Nonrestaurant page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $46,210 | 1,960 |
| San Francisco, CA | $44,710 | 4,160 |
| Napa, CA | $41,850 | 240 |
| Ithaca, NY | $40,240 | 120 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $40,180 | 520 |
| New York, NY | $39,120 | 19,450 |
| Vallejo, CA | $38,910 | 300 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $38,740 | 450 |
| Salinas, CA | $38,660 | 400 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $38,350 | 11,850 |
| Syracuse, NY | $36,770 | 540 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $36,160 | 540 |
| Binghamton, NY | $36,060 | 260 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $36,030 | 130 |
| Rochester, NY | $35,780 | 1,300 |
| Chicago, IL | $35,670 | 12,200 |
| Albany, NY | $35,550 | 820 |
| Springfield, IL | $34,800 | 240 |
| Champaign, IL | $34,580 | 330 |
| Decatur, IL | $33,710 | 100 |
| Peoria, IL | $33,700 | 490 |
| Bloomington, IL | $33,540 | 230 |
| Kankakee, IL | $32,430 | 240 |
| Rockford, IL | $31,670 | 470 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 293,900 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-3041, Food Servers, Nonrestaurant. Mapped to our taxonomy as food-servers-nonrestaurant.
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