The annual salary statistics of bartenders in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of bartenders in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $22,890 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $25,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,460 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bartenders in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,890.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bartenders from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $25,070 | 0.36% | 0.48% |
| 2016 | $24,980 | -0.68% | - |
| 2015 | $25,150 | -1.27% | - |
| 2014 | $25,470 | 7.62% | - |
| 2013 | $23,530 | -6.03% | - |
| 2012 | $24,950 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,070 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for bartenders in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of bartenders in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 31.0 percent (31.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Barnstable Town and 8.7 percent (8.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Framingham.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area | |
| Worcester | |
| New Bedford | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Springfield | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Peabody | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Framingham |