Waiters and Waitresses
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 4,700.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of waiters and waitresses in Dayton earn more.
$36,600 in Dayton buys what $39,500 buys across the country as a whole.
Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | $37,490 | $39,300 | 95.5 | −0.5% |
| Lima | $36,720 | $41,000 | 89.7 | +3.7% |
| Dayton This page | $36,600 | $39,500 | 92.7 | — |
| Cincinnati | $36,530 | $38,300 | 95.4 | −3.0% |
| Cleveland | $36,260 | $38,600 | 93.9 | −2.2% |
| Canton | $36,210 | $40,500 | 89.4 | +2.6% |
| Akron | $36,150 | $38,700 | 93.4 | −1.9% |
| Toledo | $36,140 | $39,500 | 91.5 | +0.1% |
Price parity and difference against Dayton are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 4,700 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-3031, Waiters and Waitresses. Mapped to our taxonomy as waiters-and-waitresses.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.