Pay distribution $38,910 10th $39,770 25th $45,800 75th $61,570 90th
Half of Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in the San Jose metro area earn more than $41,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,770 and $45,800.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $38,910 $39,770 $41,710 $45,800 $61,570 Hourly $18.71 $19.12 $20.06 $22.02 $29.60
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$41,710 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $39,770 to $45,800
$36,010 median for California; middle half earns $34,820 to $39,930
$33,980 median for United States; middle half earns $28,330 to $37,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +16% vs California overall and +23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $19,290 $33,270 $47,250 $61,230 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $19,290 El Paso, TX — $19,620 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $19,910 Killeen-Temple, TX — $19,990 Lubbock, TX — $20,140 San Angelo, TX — $20,160 Odessa, TX — $20,320 Texarkana, TX-AR — $20,640 Longview, TX — $20,760 Lake Charles, LA — $20,770 Gadsden, AL — $20,800 Abilene, TX — $20,820 Tyler, TX — $20,880 Wichita Falls, TX — $20,890 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $20,900 Laredo, TX — $20,910 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $20,960 College Station-Bryan, TX — $20,960 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $21,050 Sherman-Denison, TX — $21,170 Corpus Christi, TX — $21,280 Amarillo, TX — $21,380 Dothan, AL — $21,600 Manhattan, KS — $21,770 Victoria, TX — $21,770 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $21,850 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $21,930 Tuscaloosa, AL — $22,030 Monroe, LA — $22,040 Sumter, SC — $22,260 Topeka, KS — $22,290 Johnson City, TN — $22,320 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $22,330 Ponce, PR — $22,360 Montgomery, AL — $22,500 Waco, TX — $22,570 Dalton, GA — $22,590 Hammond, LA — $22,600 Goldsboro, NC — $22,620 Lawrence, KS — $22,620 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $22,700 Mobile, AL — $22,770 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,880 Great Falls, MT — $22,990 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $22,990 Jacksonville, NC — $23,130 Helena, MT — $23,150 Huntsville, AL — $23,180 Decatur, AL — $23,290 Birmingham, AL — $23,320 Owensboro, KY — $23,350 Midland, TX — $23,410 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $23,510 Missoula, MT — $23,600 Beckley, WV — $23,710 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $24,090 Cleveland, TN — $24,240 Valdosta, GA — $24,260 Jackson, MS — $24,400 Casper, WY — $24,600 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $24,630 Jackson, TN — $24,850 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $24,960 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $24,960 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $24,960 Rome, GA — $25,220 Elizabethtown, KY — $25,720 Columbus, GA-AL — $25,740 Albany, GA — $25,780 Williamsport, PA — $25,910 Clarksville, TN-KY — $25,940 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $26,020 Reno, NV — $26,030 Oklahoma City, OK — $26,070 Eau Claire, WI — $26,170 Billings, MT — $26,180 Bowling Green, KY — $26,200 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $26,240 Fond du Lac, WI — $26,250 Hattiesburg, MS — $26,260 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $26,260 Hot Springs, AR — $26,350 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $26,410 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $26,430 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $26,460 Green Bay, WI — $26,480 Muncie, IN — $26,520 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $26,560 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $26,620 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $26,640 Logan, UT-ID — $26,660 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $26,670 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $26,690 Wausau, WI — $26,690 Wheeling, WV-OH — $26,700 Greenville, NC — $26,710 Ogden, UT — $26,720 Johnstown, PA — $26,760 Appleton, WI — $26,820 Rocky Mount, NC — $26,820 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $26,830 Kenosha, WI — $26,930 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $26,940 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $26,940 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $26,950 Duluth, MN-WI — $27,000 Paducah, KY-IL — $27,030 Anchorage, AK — $27,040 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $27,040 Erie, PA — $27,060 Carson City, NV — $27,100 Winston-Salem, NC — $27,100 Altoona, PA — $27,160 Morgantown, WV — $27,240 Terre Haute, IN — $27,250 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $27,260 Evansville, IN — $27,270 Sheboygan, WI — $27,290 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $27,310 Wilmington, NC — $27,320 Pocatello, ID — $27,330 Charleston, WV — $27,360 Fayetteville, NC — $27,380 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $27,410 Warner Robins, GA — $27,440 Twin Falls, ID — $27,450 Mansfield, OH — $27,460 Gettysburg, PA — $27,490 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $27,500 Lafayette, LA — $27,520 Boise City, ID — $27,540 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $27,660 Columbus, IN — $27,670 Dubuque, IA — $27,670 Tulsa, OK — $27,700 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $27,720 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $27,730 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $27,730 Fairbanks-College, AK — $27,740 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $27,870 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $27,870 Wichita, KS — $27,870 Farmington, NM — $27,940 Springfield, OH — $27,940 Chambersburg, PA — $27,990 St. George, UT — $28,010 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $28,030 Jonesboro, AR — $28,040 Idaho Falls, ID — $28,080 Burlington, NC — $28,100 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $28,100 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $28,110 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,110 Sebring, FL — $28,110 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $28,120 Kokomo, IN — $28,190 Reading, PA — $28,190 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $28,290 Canton-Massillon, OH — $28,300 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $28,300 Gainesville, GA — $28,340 Harrisonburg, VA — $28,390 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $28,420 Morristown, TN — $28,420 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $28,450 Sandusky, OH — $28,490 Pittsburgh, PA — $28,540 Lima, OH — $28,580 Roanoke, VA — $28,590 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $28,640 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $28,640 Asheville, NC — $28,700 Madison, WI — $28,710 State College, PA — $28,720 Mankato, MN — $28,730 Las Cruces, NM — $28,750 Winchester, VA-WV — $28,780 Spartanburg, SC — $28,800 Toledo, OH — $28,800 Iowa City, IA — $28,860 Lebanon, PA — $28,880 Akron, OH — $28,900 Jackson, MI — $28,920 Savannah, GA — $28,930 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $28,930 Flint, MI — $28,950 Jefferson City, MO — $28,950 Saginaw, MI — $29,010 Cedar Rapids, IA — $29,020 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $29,080 Cheyenne, WY — $29,090 Florence, SC — $29,090 Bay City, MI — $29,120 Rochester, MN — $29,120 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $29,140 Baton Rouge, LA — $29,230 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $29,300 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $29,300 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $29,330 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,340 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $29,380 Cleveland, OH — $29,400 Springfield, MO — $29,410 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $29,460 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $29,470 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $29,470 Monroe, MI — $29,470 Lancaster, PA — $29,520 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $29,520 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $29,530 Gainesville, FL — $29,540 St. Cloud, MN — $29,580 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $29,590 Ames, IA — $29,630 Fort Wayne, IN — $29,640 Bloomington, IN — $29,660 Joplin, MO-KS — $29,750 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $29,760 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $29,780 Columbia, MO — $29,860 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $29,860 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $29,890 Lynchburg, VA — $29,890 Richmond, VA — $29,980 Columbus, OH — $30,000 York-Hanover, PA — $30,010 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $30,020 Knoxville, TN — $30,080 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $30,150 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $30,150 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $30,190 Kansas City, MO-KS — $30,200 Fargo, ND-MN — $30,290 Albuquerque, NM — $30,360 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $30,440 Lincoln, NE — $30,450 Ocala, FL — $30,460 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $30,470 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $30,490 Port St. Lucie, FL — $30,490 Grand Island, NE — $30,500 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $30,500 Lewiston, ID-WA — $30,510 Rapid City, SD — $30,570 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $30,630 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,640 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $30,760 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $30,840 Columbia, SC — $31,050 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $31,150 Niles, MI — $31,160 Omaha, NE-IA — $31,170 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,190 Bloomington, IL — $31,200 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $31,200 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $31,200 Decatur, IL — $31,200 Dover, DE — $31,200 Kankakee, IL — $31,200 Peoria, IL — $31,200 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $31,200 Rockford, IL — $31,200 Springfield, IL — $31,200 Bismarck, ND — $31,310 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $31,350 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $31,470 St. Louis, MO-IL — $31,930 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $32,220 Santa Fe, NM — $32,260 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $32,400 Vineland, NJ — $32,430 Punta Gorda, FL — $32,740 Binghamton, NY — $32,980 Midland, MI — $33,020 Charlottesville, VA — $33,040 Elmira, NY — $33,250 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $33,500 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $33,540 Yuma, AZ — $33,690 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $33,840 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $33,920 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $33,970 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,010 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,010 New Haven, CT — $34,020 Jacksonville, FL — $34,290 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,320 Chico, CA — $34,320 El Centro, CA — $34,320 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $34,320 Fresno, CA — $34,320 Merced, CA — $34,320 Redding, CA — $34,320 Visalia, CA — $34,320 Yuba City, CA — $34,320 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $34,380 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $34,510 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $34,560 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $34,590 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $34,590 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $34,620 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,710 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $34,730 Utica-Rome, NY — $34,730 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,740 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $34,740 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $34,780 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $34,820 Ann Arbor, MI — $34,830 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,850 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $34,860 Modesto, CA — $34,870 Grand Junction, CO — $34,880 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $34,970 Tucson, AZ — $34,990 Salisbury, MD — $35,040 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $35,110 Albany, OR — $35,130 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,140 Pueblo, CO — $35,140 Glens Falls, NY — $35,170 Yakima, WA — $35,170 Salem, OR — $35,250 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $35,260 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $35,300 Rochester, NY — $35,310 Grants Pass, OR — $35,320 Flagstaff, AZ — $35,340 Corvallis, OR — $35,350 Bend, OR — $35,360 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,470 Syracuse, NY — $35,540 Salinas, CA — $35,600 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $35,640 Traverse City, MI — $35,650 Colorado Springs, CO — $35,660 Ithaca, NY — $35,700 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $35,710 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $35,800 Battle Creek, MI — $35,810 Medford, OR — $35,850 Worcester, MA — $35,870 Pittsfield, MA — $35,900 Greeley, CO — $35,960 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $35,960 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $36,060 Bellingham, WA — $36,070 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $36,110 Hinesville, GA — $36,130 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $36,190 Lexington Park, MD — $36,200 Springfield, MA — $36,250 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $36,460 Vallejo, CA — $36,460 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $36,750 Tallahassee, FL — $36,750 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $36,880 Kingston, NY — $36,920 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,960 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,970 Longview-Kelso, WA — $36,980 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $36,980 Lawton, OK — $37,000 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $37,040 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $37,260 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $37,320 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $37,420 Boulder, CO — $37,460 Napa, CA — $37,470 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,540 Bangor, ME — $37,670 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $37,700 Walla Walla, WA — $37,700 Barnstable Town, MA — $37,980 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $38,120 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $38,210 Portland-South Portland, ME — $39,170 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $39,310 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $41,710 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $45,120 Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,200 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $61,230 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 4th-highest published median for this occupation among the 382 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$41,710 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $39,770 to $45,800
$39,310 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $37,000 to $44,530
$37,470 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $36,710 to $42,950
$36,750 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $36,020 to $38,810
$36,460 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $36,070 to $37,440
$36,110 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $34,400 to $43,610
$35,960 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $35,460 to $40,290
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .