Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop · SOC 35-9031
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Salary in the New Mexico
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New Mexico
Figures describe the state of New Mexico as a whole.
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in the New Mexico earned a median of $28,480 per year ($13.69 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $26,830 at the 10th percentile to $35,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,670 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in the New Mexico earn more than $28,480 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $27,740 and $29,850.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $26,830 | $27,740 | $28,480 | $29,850 | $35,180 |
| Hourly | $12.90 | $13.34 | $13.69 | $14.35 | $16.91 |
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
- New Mexico$28,480 median for New Mexico; middle half earns $27,740 to $29,850
- 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 −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in New Mexico
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.
- New Mexicothis page$28,480 median for New Mexico; middle half earns $27,740 to $29,850
- $30,360 median for Santa Fe metro area; middle half earns $29,780 to $33,690
- $28,480 median for Albuquerque metro area; middle half earns $27,770 to $29,700
- $27,540 median for Farmington metro area; middle half earns $26,830 to $28,230
- $27,220 median for Las Cruces metro area; middle half earns $26,810 to $27,650
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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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.