Counter Attendant, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$17,420
25th Percentile Wage
$18,220
50th Percentile Wage
$19,700
75th Percentile Wage
$24,310
90th Percentile Wage
$29,530

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $29,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $19,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,420.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$19,700
-3.65% -1.73%
2013
$20,420
1.86% -
2012
$20,040
- -

Table 2. Compare Counter Attendant, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $19,700, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is the lowest paying city for counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop in state of California, following city of Salinas (median annual salary of $31,530). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is about 37.5 percent (37.5%) lower than that of the highest paying city Salinas.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Salinas
$31,530
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$31,390
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$31,100
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$29,630
Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$29,160
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$28,400
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$28,260
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$28,060
Visalia-Porterville
$27,720
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$26,940
Madera-Chowchilla
$26,570
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$26,320
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$26,160
Stockton
$25,810
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$25,340
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$25,260
Merced
$25,250
Fresno
$25,150
Napa
$25,050
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$25,040
Hanford-Corcoran
$24,850
Modesto
$24,850
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$24,760
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$24,750
Chico
$24,750
Yuba City
$24,740
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$24,740
El Centro
$24,620
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$24,430
Bakersfield-Delano
$24,420
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$24,290
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$24,040
Vallejo-Fairfield
$23,900
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$23,720
Redding
$23,340
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$23,180
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$21,380
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$19,860
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$19,700