Waiters and Waitresses
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,040.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of waiters and waitresses in Pinehurst earn more.
$34,080 in Pinehurst buys what $38,600 buys across the country as a whole.
Pinehurst's regional price parity is 88.3 — 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 North Carolina
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Pinehurst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | $36,430 | $37,400 | 97.3 | −3.0% |
| Durham | $35,230 | $36,100 | 97.6 | −6.4% |
| Raleigh | $34,860 | $35,500 | 98.2 | −7.9% |
| Asheville | $34,450 | $35,700 | 96.5 | −7.5% |
| Pinehurst This page | $34,080 | $38,600 | 88.3 | — |
| Wilmington | $30,610 | $31,700 | 96.4 | −17.7% |
| Greensboro | $30,060 | $32,400 | 92.9 | −16.1% |
| Winston | $29,550 | $32,100 | 92.0 | −16.8% |
Price parity and difference against Pinehurst 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
- 1,040 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.