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Waiters and Waitresses

Lexington Park, MD metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,020.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 35-3031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$35,550 · 50th
$31,20010th
$31,20025th
$35,55050th
$45,93075th
$60,62090th

That is the medianhalf of waiters and waitresses in Lexington Park earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$35,550 in Lexington Park buys what $35,300 buys across the country as a whole.

Lexington Park's regional price parity is 100.8 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Maryland

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Lexington Park
Baltimore$36,170$34,600104.5−1.9%
Lexington Park This page$35,550$35,300100.8
Salisbury$35,080$36,70095.6+4.0%
Hagerstown$34,470$36,60094.2+3.7%

Price parity and difference against Lexington Park are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

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
1,020 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.

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