Hourly wages of waiters and waitresses in the U.S. 2021, by percentile distribution

Published by Statista Research Department, May 10, 2022

Waiters and waitresses in the United States had a median hourly wage of 12.5 U.S. dollars as of May 2021. In comparison, ten percent of waiters and waitresses earned less than 8.58 U.S. dollars per hour during this period.

Hourly wage estimates of waiters and waitresses in the U.S. as of May 2021, by percentile distribution (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Hourly wage in U.S. dollars
10% of employees earned less than	8.58
25% of employees earned less than	9.63
Median hourly wage	12.5
75% of employees earned less than	14.83
90% of employees earned less than	22.07

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Release date

March 2022

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United States

Survey time period

as of May 2021

Supplementary notes

A percentile wage shows the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate - 50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
Waiters and waitresses take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishments. Excludes "Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop."
The data used is based on the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey which measures occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by industry. Employees are all part-time and full-time workers who are paid a wage or salary.

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