Food Servers, Nonrestaurant · SOC 35-3041
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $28,020 per year ($13.47 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,360 at the 10th percentile to $29,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $28,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $24,920 and $29,170.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $21,360 | $24,920 | $28,020 | $29,170 | $29,600 |
| Hourly | $10.27 | $11.98 | $13.47 | $14.03 | $14.23 |
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
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,020 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $24,920 to $29,170
- Alabamastate$29,000 median for Alabama; middle half earns $27,010 to $30,860
- United Statesnational$35,360 median for United States; middle half earns $31,190 to $38,500
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs Alabama overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for food servers, nonrestaurant, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$28,020 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $24,920 to $29,170
- $30,370 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $28,960 to $32,410
- $30,180 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $28,530 to $33,580
- $29,750 median for Daphne metro area; middle half earns $28,430 to $32,560
- $29,640 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $28,380 to $32,300
- $29,560 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $28,430 to $30,680
- $29,220 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $28,120 to $30,410
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for food servers, nonrestaurants · Highest-paying occupations in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.