Highest-paying Cities for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

The top 100 highest paying cities for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $42,530, Ithaca, New York is the highest paying city for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $36,620). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Ithaca, New York	$42,530	$30,080	480
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$36,620	$29,550	3,860
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,330	$29,550	30,360
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$35,960	$31,990	7,420
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$35,560	$27,860	3,030
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$35,200	$31,230	3,800
7	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$34,840	$27,960	280
8	Springfield, Massachusetts	$34,530	$29,640	950
9	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$34,360	$30,680	110
10	Boulder, Colorado	$34,340	$28,440	470
11	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$34,160	$28,340	70
12	Napa, California	$34,060	$31,330	700
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$33,710	$31,080	1,060
14	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$33,670	$29,640	90
15	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$33,590	$30,700	130
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$33,580	$27,130	10,620
17	Longview, Washington	$33,390	$30,550	40
18	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$33,360	$30,140	120
19	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,280	$27,100	280
20	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$33,210	$30,640	240
21	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$33,190	$30,700	440
22	Salinas, California	$32,980	$30,440	940
23	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$32,960	$30,140	170
24	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$32,510	$28,750	8,590
25	Kingston, New York	$32,500	$28,560	350
26	Prescott, Arizona	$32,410	$27,940	400
27	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$32,390	$29,640	4,270
28	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$32,030	$30,070	560
29	Yakima, Washington	$31,990	$30,140	140
30	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$31,970	$30,140	270
31	Syracuse, New York	$31,760	$27,870	1,510
32	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$31,750	$30,130	260
33	Olympia, Washington	$31,730	$30,140	200
34	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$31,530	$30,170	3,870
35	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$31,530	$28,190	1,720
36	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$31,440	$30,140	220
37	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$31,430	$29,120	7,010
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$31,390	$30,610	25,830
39	Bellingham, Washington	$31,360	$30,140	160
40	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$31,270	$29,120	140
41	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$31,250	$27,460	2,350
42	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$31,240	$18,060	60
43	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$31,200	$27,390	50
44	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,200	$26,120	610
45	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$31,180	$29,790	1,290
46	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$31,140	$29,880	7,260
47	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$31,130	$29,340	400
48	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$30,980	$29,920	910
49	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$30,970	$29,140	350
50	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$30,930	$26,390	4,620
51	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$30,880	$29,340	320
52	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$30,810	$29,570	80
53	Flagstaff, Arizona	$30,760	$28,770	410
54	Stockton, California	$30,680	$29,630	760
55	Walla Walla, Washington	$30,670	$30,140	70
56	Modesto, California	$30,630	$29,550	640
57	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$30,600	$29,750	1,460
58	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$30,590	$27,940	430
59	Worcester, Massachusetts	$30,370	$28,550	430
60	Spokane, Washington	$30,310	$30,140	390
61	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$30,270	$24,960	60
62	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$30,260	$28,950	2,460
63	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$30,190	$28,080	100
64	Muncie, Indiana	$30,160	$17,970	250
65	El Centro, California	$30,110	$29,120	140
66	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$30,080	$27,450	220
67	Tucson, Arizona	$30,040	$27,430	1,680
68	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$30,010	$27,460	690
69	Merced, California	$29,910	$29,120	160
70	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$29,890	$27,440	370
71	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$29,870	$28,280	150
72	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$29,870	$22,760	5,370
73	Chico, California	$29,860	$29,120	380
74	Fresno, California	$29,810	$29,120	1,220
75	Yuba City, California	$29,810	$29,120	120
76	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$29,780	$29,120	850
77	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$29,730	$26,450	440
78	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$29,730	$26,620	140
79	Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia	$29,720	$19,900	70
80	Albany, Oregon	$29,700	$27,140	100
81	Rochester, New York	$29,680	$27,460	2,010
82	Utica-Rome, New York	$29,680	$27,610	710
83	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$29,660	$27,040	390
84	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$29,610	$28,640	1,140
85	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$29,580	$22,880	430
86	Bismarck, North Dakota	$29,560	$24,900	120
87	Redding, California	$29,550	$29,120	210
88	Glens Falls, New York	$29,530	$27,500	200
89	Binghamton, New York	$29,510	$27,460	450
90	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$29,470	$27,520	910
91	Battle Creek, Michigan	$29,420	$22,090	220
92	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$29,370	$26,120	70
93	Visalia-Porterville, California	$29,370	$29,120	350
94	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$29,360	$27,370	180
95	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$29,320	$27,460	1,000
96	Greeley, Colorado	$29,260	$26,920	200
97	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$29,260	$26,120	230
98	Danbury, Connecticut	$29,160	$27,370	250
99	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$29,150	$27,460	240
100	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$29,140	$26,810	60

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