The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $34,920, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $34,600). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $34,920 |
$32,090 | 3,270 |
| 2 | New York | $34,600 |
$28,510 | 35,690 |
| 3 | Washington | $34,440 |
$30,140 | 6,290 |
| 4 | Maine | $33,280 |
$27,690 | 820 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $33,000 |
$29,640 | 5,930 |
| 6 | Colorado | $32,910 |
$27,560 | 6,230 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $32,780 |
$27,580 | 10,710 |
| 8 | Arizona | $31,860 |
$28,190 | 12,160 |
| 9 | California | $31,630 |
$29,790 | 69,300 |
| 10 | Maryland | $30,850 |
$26,890 | 10,280 |
| 11 | Vermont | $29,890 |
$27,440 | 700 |
| 12 | Oregon | $29,420 |
$27,030 | 4,580 |
| 13 | Virgin Islands | $29,120 |
$21,860 | 60 |
| 14 | Connecticut | $29,050 |
$27,280 | 4,700 |
| 15 | Illinois | $28,500 |
$24,960 | 13,740 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $28,410 |
$22,920 | 6,780 |
| 17 | North Dakota | $28,010 |
$24,900 | 660 |
| 18 | Michigan | $27,770 |
$21,010 | 11,140 |
| 19 | Florida | $27,680 |
$21,160 | 44,430 |
| 20 | Delaware | $27,630 |
$22,120 | 1,080 |
| 21 | Virginia | $27,590 |
$22,880 | 8,940 |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | $27,350 |
$20,800 | 170 |
| 23 | Rhode Island | $27,320 |
$25,480 | 2,350 |
| 24 | Utah | $27,060 |
$17,770 | 2,460 |
| 25 | Missouri | $26,810 |
$23,190 | 10,470 |
| 26 | Iowa | $26,450 |
$18,710 | 3,010 |
| 27 | South Dakota | $26,260 |
$22,250 | 2,330 |
| 28 | Wyoming | $26,230 |
$19,640 | 510 |
| 29 | Tennessee | $26,030 |
$20,340 | 8,870 |
| 30 | New Mexico | $25,890 |
$23,920 | 2,500 |
| 31 | Nebraska | $25,650 |
$20,800 | 1,570 |
| 32 | Kentucky | $25,480 |
$18,720 | 3,140 |
| 33 | Hawaii | $25,320 |
$21,320 | 4,120 |
| 34 | Pennsylvania | $24,520 |
$17,990 | 12,660 |
| 35 | Arkansas | $24,470 |
$22,920 | 2,530 |
| 36 | Alaska | $24,150 |
$21,510 | 490 |
| 37 | Indiana | $24,070 |
$17,990 | 7,870 |
| 38 | Ohio | $23,770 |
$19,500 | 12,330 |
| 39 | Idaho | $23,740 |
$16,460 | 2,040 |
| 40 | North Carolina | $23,690 |
$18,730 | 6,170 |
| 41 | Kansas | $23,190 |
$17,290 | 2,450 |
| 42 | Texas | $23,090 |
$17,230 | 44,200 |
| 43 | Georgia | $22,620 |
$17,960 | 11,460 |
| 44 | West Virginia | $22,330 |
$19,230 | 900 |
| 45 | South Carolina | $22,100 |
$17,210 | 3,950 |
| 46 | Wisconsin | $21,870 |
$16,610 | 4,620 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | $21,800 |
$15,600 | 1,660 |
| 48 | Nevada | $21,410 |
$18,510 | 13,550 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $20,840 |
$16,660 | 4,780 |
| 50 | Montana | $20,740 |
$19,140 | 700 |
| 51 | Alabama | $20,240 |
$17,270 | 2,820 |
| 52 | Louisiana | $20,190 |
$16,580 | 3,260 |
| 53 | Mississippi | $20,140 |
$15,400 | 2,570 |
| 54 | Guam | $20,090 |
$20,090 | 80 |