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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in Lake Charles, LA
$25,590median, a year
$25,120mean (average), a year
60people employed in this job here
$17,740
median $25,590
$31,200
US median $35,360
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.6 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.3).
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $29,000
- AK, Alaska, median $38,090
- AZ, Arizona, median $35,390
- AR, Arkansas, median $27,600
- CA, California, median $39,010
- CO, Colorado, median $38,900
- CT, Connecticut, median $35,950
- DE, Delaware, median $31,430
- DC, District of Columbia, median $37,920
- FL, Florida, median $33,930
- GA, Georgia, median $31,530
- HI, Hawaii, median $37,920
- ID, Idaho, median $34,220
- IL, Illinois, median $35,080
- IN, Indiana, median $31,840
- IA, Iowa, median $30,110
- KS, Kansas, median $29,040
- KY, Kentucky, median $32,200
- LA, Louisiana, median $27,200
- ME, Maine, median $37,680
- MD, Maryland, median $36,650
- MA, Massachusetts, median $36,750
- MI, Michigan, median $34,260
- MN, Minnesota, median $36,000
- MS, Mississippi, median $27,250
- MO, Missouri, median $31,840
- MT, Montana, median $32,090
- NE, Nebraska, median $31,540
- NV, Nevada, median $36,030
- NH, New Hampshire, median $36,710
- NJ, New Jersey, median $36,390
- NM, New Mexico, median $35,740
- NY, New York, median $39,370
- NC, North Carolina, median $31,460
- ND, North Dakota, median $36,910
- OH, Ohio, median $30,440
- OK, Oklahoma, median $28,490
- OR, Oregon, median $36,620
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $33,300
- RI, Rhode Island, median $34,860
- SC, South Carolina, median $31,740
- SD, South Dakota, median $31,980
- TN, Tennessee, median $30,670
- TX, Texas, median $29,300
- UT, Utah, median $30,170
- VT, Vermont, median $37,540
- VA, Virginia, median $35,090
- WA, Washington, median $38,870
- WV, West Virginia, median $30,170
- WI, Wisconsin, median $34,670
- WY, Wyoming, median $33,090
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $21,840
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