The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food servers, nonrestaurant in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $18,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $21,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $22,930 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $25,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $27,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $27,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $18,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food servers, nonrestaurant from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $22,930 | 14.78% | 13.04% |
| 2021 | $19,540 | -0.77% | - |
| 2020 | $19,690 | 3.10% | - |
| 2019 | $19,080 | -9.12% | - |
| 2018 | $20,820 | -1.15% | - |
| 2017 | $21,060 | 5.32% | - |
| 2016 | $19,940 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $19,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $22,930 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 15.8 percent (15.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Birmingham-Hoover and 7.3 percent (7.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Huntsville | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Decatur | |
| Montgomery | |
| Mobile | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Dothan | |
| Gadsden | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |