The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $27,590 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,590 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $33,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $34,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $34,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,590.
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 | $30,090 | 0.60% | 35.66% |
| 2021 | $29,910 | 15.91% | - |
| 2019 | $25,150 | 4.53% | - |
| 2018 | $24,010 | 19.37% | - |
| 2015 | $19,360 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $19,360 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,090 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Watertown-Fort Drum is 19.8 percent (19.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 36.2 percent (36.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.