The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food servers, nonrestaurant in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $23,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $33,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $37,130 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,200.
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 | $29,580 | 16.80% | 33.98% |
| 2021 | $24,610 | 3.62% | - |
| 2020 | $23,720 | 3.08% | - |
| 2019 | $22,990 | 7.00% | - |
| 2018 | $21,380 | 0.09% | - |
| 2017 | $21,360 | -4.07% | - |
| 2016 | $22,230 | 13.72% | - |
| 2015 | $19,180 | 0.78% | - |
| 2014 | $19,030 | 0.37% | - |
| 2013 | $18,960 | -3.01% | - |
| 2012 | $19,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,580 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Louisville-Jefferson County is 8.0 percent (8.0%) lower than that in the highest paying South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area and 29.8 percent (29.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Owensboro.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Bowling Green | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Evansville | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| Owensboro |