Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop · SOC 35-9031
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Salary in the Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northern Michigan 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 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $26,440 per year ($12.71 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $25,960 at the 10th percentile to $35,250 at the 90th. BLS estimates 410 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in the Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area earn more than $26,440 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $25,960 and $31,300.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $25,960 | $25,960 | $26,440 | $31,300 | $35,250 |
| Hourly | $12.48 | $12.48 | $12.71 | $15.05 | $16.95 |
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
- Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$26,440 median for Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $25,960 to $31,300
- Michiganstate$28,950 median for Michigan; middle half earns $26,930 to $34,150
- 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 Michigan overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Michigan
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.
- Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan areathis page$26,440 median for Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $25,960 to $31,300
- $29,570 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $27,750 to $35,990
- $29,300 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $26,490 to $34,540
- $29,290 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $28,290 to $34,450
- $28,270 median for Traverse City metro area; middle half earns $26,250 to $33,860
- $28,180 median for Grand Rapids metro area; middle half earns $26,690 to $34,620
- $28,150 median for Flint metro area; middle half earns $26,100 to $33,500
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 Northern Michigan 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.