The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food servers, nonrestaurant in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $30,820 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $44,110 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,820.
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 | $34,150 | 8.70% | 37.63% |
| 2021 | $31,180 | 4.91% | - |
| 2020 | $29,650 | 8.33% | - |
| 2019 | $27,180 | 9.71% | - |
| 2018 | $24,540 | 0.90% | - |
| 2017 | $24,320 | 2.59% | - |
| 2016 | $23,690 | 5.11% | - |
| 2015 | $22,480 | 4.89% | - |
| 2014 | $21,380 | 2.29% | - |
| 2013 | $20,890 | -1.96% | - |
| 2012 | $21,300 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,150 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 17.2 percent (17.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 33.5 percent (33.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.