Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Fort Worth-Arlington is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$16,400
25th Percentile Wage
$17,550
50th Percentile Wage
$19,500
75th Percentile Wage
$23,690
90th Percentile Wage
$28,480

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $28,480. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $19,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $16,400.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$19,500
1.38% 6.05%
2016
$19,230
2.55% -
2015
$18,740
3.09% -
2014
$18,160
-0.22% -
2013
$18,200
-0.66% -
2012
$18,320
- -

Table 2. Compare Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $19,500, Fort Worth-Arlington is the lowest paying city for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in state of Texas, following city of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $26,060). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Fort Worth-Arlington is about 25.2 percent (25.2%) lower than that of the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$26,060
Midland
$26,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$25,810
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$24,240
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$23,440
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$23,040
San Angelo
$23,010
Sherman-Denison
$22,990
College Station-Bryan
$22,980
Lubbock
$22,960
Waco
$22,910
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$22,890
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,710
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,700
Amarillo
$22,690
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,590
Texarkana-Texarkana
$22,580
Abilene
$22,510
Corpus Christi
$22,370
Victoria
$22,210
Wichita Falls
$22,200
Tyler
$22,200
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,170
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,140
Longview
$21,990
Odessa
$21,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$21,560
Brownsville-Harlingen
$21,460
Laredo
$21,330
El Paso
$21,250
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$21,150
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$19,640
Fort Worth-Arlington
$19,500