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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food servers, nonrestaurant in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$21,760
25th Percentile Wage
$22,980
50th Percentile Wage
$25,210
75th Percentile Wage
$31,330
90th Percentile Wage
$40,940

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $40,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,760.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food servers, nonrestaurant from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$25,210
1.55% 8.05%
2016
$24,820
0.97% -
2015
$24,580
7.89% -
2014
$22,640
-5.21% -
2013
$23,820
2.69% -
2012
$23,180
- -

Table 2. Compare Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,210 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 38.9 percent (38.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 10.0 percent (10.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$41,240
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$39,400
Napa
$36,840
Vallejo-Fairfield
$36,380
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$36,010
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$35,640
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$35,300
Hanford-Corcoran
$35,060
El Centro
$34,910
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$34,800
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$34,780
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$34,750
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$34,720
Stockton
$34,490
Yuba City
$34,470
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$34,400
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$34,400
Merced
$34,260
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$34,250
Salinas
$34,220
Modesto
$34,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$34,180
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$34,150
Bakersfield-Delano
$33,980
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$33,730
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$33,560
Fresno
$33,440
Chico
$33,380
Visalia-Porterville
$32,990
Redding
$31,120
Madera-Chowchilla
$30,090
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$27,690
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$27,550
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$25,210
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$23,980
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$22,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$22,700