Waiters and Waitresses
Springfield, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,670.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of waiters and waitresses in Springfield earn more.
$36,170 in Springfield buys what $37,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Springfield's regional price parity is 96.1 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Springfield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $39,270 | $36,300 | 108.3 | −3.7% |
| Barnstable Town | $38,380 | $39,000 | 98.4 | +3.6% |
| Worcester | $36,840 | $35,900 | 102.5 | −4.6% |
| Amherst Town | $36,650 | $36,600 | 100.2 | −2.9% |
| Springfield This page | $36,170 | $37,700 | 96.1 | — |
| Pittsfield | $35,950 | $37,800 | 95.1 | +0.4% |
Price parity and difference against Springfield 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
- 2,670 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.