Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop · SOC 35-9031
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $34,420 per year ($16.55 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,240 at the 10th percentile to $44,690 at the 90th. BLS estimates 250 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area earn more than $34,420 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,050 and $36,080.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $32,240 | $34,050 | $34,420 | $36,080 | $44,690 |
| Hourly | $15.50 | $16.37 | $16.55 | $17.35 | $21.48 |
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
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$34,420 median for Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $34,050 to $36,080
- New Yorkstate$36,490 median for New York; middle half earns $34,150 to $43,190
- United Statesnational$31,200 median for United States; middle half earns $27,570 to $36,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −6% vs New York overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in New York
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan areathis page$34,420 median for Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $34,050 to $36,080
- $36,500 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $34,320 to $43,160
- $35,740 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $34,430 to $38,710
- $34,980 median for Kingston metro area; middle half earns $33,470 to $38,030
- $34,730 median for Glens Falls metro area; middle half earns $32,240 to $37,570
- $34,690 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $33,590 to $41,640
- $34,560 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $32,280 to $37,030
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 hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shops · Highest-paying occupations in Capital/Northern New York 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.