35 Series · SOC 35-3011

Bartenders

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$33,530

per year

Median Hourly

$16.12/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$39,880

average

Employment

745,610

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$19,930$25,790$33,530$46,790$71,920
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$9.58$12.40$16.12$22.50$34.58
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$19,930

25th Percentile

$25,790

Median

$33,530

75th Percentile

$46,790

90th Percentile

$71,920

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Hawaii $68,820 2. New York $60,750 3. District of Columbia $54,930 4. Vermont $54,310 5. Washington $48,320

Lowest Paying States

50. South Carolina $18,390 51. Louisiana $19,620 52. Guam $20,370 53. Puerto Rico $21,160 54. Oklahoma $21,620
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $68,820 +105% above national
2 New York $60,750 +81% above national
3 District of Columbia $54,930 +64% above national
4 Vermont $54,310 +62% above national
5 Washington $48,320 +44% above national
6 Maine $47,630 +42% above national
7 Virginia $46,860 +40% above national
8 New Jersey $45,660 +36% above national
9 Virgin Islands $42,630 +27% above national
10 Arizona $40,860 +22% above national
11 Michigan $39,500 +18% above national
12 Delaware $36,420 +9% above national
13 Massachusetts $36,000 +7% above national
14 California $35,900 +7% above national
15 Maryland $35,750 +7% above national
16 Connecticut $34,420 +3% above national
17 Utah $34,120 +2% above national
18 Oregon $33,970 +1% above national
19 Colorado $33,780 +1% above national
20 Rhode Island $33,700 +1% above national
21 North Carolina $32,410 3% below national
22 New Mexico $31,370 6% below national
23 Florida $30,850 8% below national
24 Alaska $29,860 11% below national
25 Ohio $29,850 11% below national
26 Nebraska $29,400 12% below national
27 Illinois $29,120 13% below national
28 West Virginia $29,030 13% below national
29 Kentucky $28,590 15% below national
30 South Dakota $28,530 15% below national
31 North Dakota $28,440 15% below national
32 New Hampshire $28,100 16% below national
33 Kansas $27,760 17% below national
34 Texas $27,750 17% below national
35 Pennsylvania $27,090 19% below national
36 Missouri $27,060 19% below national
37 Minnesota $26,840 20% below national
38 Arkansas $26,030 22% below national
39 Nevada $25,790 23% below national
40 Mississippi $24,700 26% below national
41 Georgia $23,500 30% below national
42 Idaho $22,880 32% below national
43 Montana $22,840 32% below national
44 Indiana $22,790 32% below national
45 Alabama $22,670 32% below national
46 Tennessee $22,660 32% below national
47 Wisconsin $22,520 33% below national
48 Iowa $22,500 33% below national
49 Wyoming $22,010 34% below national
50 Oklahoma $21,620 36% below national
51 Puerto Rico $21,160 37% below national
52 Guam $20,370 39% below national
53 Louisiana $19,620 41% below national
54 South Carolina $18,390 45% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI $80,040 2. Urban Honolulu, HI $70,300 3. Burlington-South Burlington, VT $65,480 4. Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $59,390 5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $59,030

Lowest Paying Metros

522. Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $15,470 523. Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $15,600 524. Sumter, SC $16,140 525. Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $16,530 526. Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $16,610
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $80,040 +139% above national
2 Urban Honolulu, HI $70,300 +110% above national
3 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $65,480 +95% above national
4 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $59,390 +77% above national
5 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $59,030 +76% above national
6 Kingston, NY $56,070 +67% above national
7 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $53,370 +59% above national
8 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $51,390 +53% above national
9 Portland-South Portland, ME $51,180 +53% above national
10 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $50,070 +49% above national
11 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $49,950 +49% above national
12 Ithaca, NY $49,940 +49% above national
13 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $49,490 +48% above national
14 Glens Falls, NY $49,430 +47% above national
15 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $48,910 +46% above national
16 Syracuse, NY $48,810 +46% above national
17 Binghamton, NY $48,530 +45% above national
18 Roanoke, VA $48,260 +44% above national
19 Rochester, NY $47,980 +43% above national
20 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $47,740 +42% above national
21 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $47,690 +42% above national
22 Bellingham, WA $47,170 +41% above national
23 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $46,900 +40% above national
24 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $46,790 +40% above national
25 Kennewick-Richland, WA $46,780 +40% above national
26 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $46,630 +39% above national
27 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $46,470 +39% above national
28 Charlottesville, VA $46,390 +38% above national
29 Longview-Kelso, WA $46,130 +38% above national
30 Ann Arbor, MI $46,080 +37% above national
31 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $46,020 +37% above national
32 Midland, MI $45,850 +37% above national
33 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $45,700 +36% above national
34 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $45,390 +35% above national
35 Yakima, WA $45,340 +35% above national
36 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $45,330 +35% above national
37 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $45,260 +35% above national
38 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $45,220 +35% above national
39 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $45,190 +35% above national
40 Flint, MI $45,130 +35% above national
41 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $44,740 +33% above national
42 Traverse City, MI $44,520 +33% above national
43 Walla Walla, WA $44,290 +32% above national
44 Bangor, ME $43,870 +31% above national
45 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $43,150 +29% above national
46 Harrisonburg, VA $42,530 +27% above national
47 Saginaw, MI $41,990 +25% above national
48 Monroe, MI $41,400 +23% above national
49 Winchester, VA-WV $41,100 +23% above national
50 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $40,980 +22% above national
51 Battle Creek, MI $39,930 +19% above national
52 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $39,650 +18% above national
53 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $39,410 +18% above national
54 Santa Fe, NM $39,210 +17% above national
55 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $38,910 +16% above national
56 Elmira, NY $38,810 +16% above national
57 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $38,730 +16% above national
58 Utica-Rome, NY $38,630 +15% above national
59 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $38,620 +15% above national
60 Richmond, VA $38,600 +15% above national
61 Bay City, MI $38,590 +15% above national
62 Jackson, MI $38,440 +15% above national
63 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $38,430 +15% above national
64 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $38,310 +14% above national
65 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,280 +14% above national
66 Niles, MI $38,100 +14% above national
67 St. George, UT $38,080 +14% above national
68 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $37,980 +13% above national
69 Lynchburg, VA $37,940 +13% above national
70 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $37,910 +13% above national
71 Greeley, CO $37,850 +13% above national
72 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $37,730 +13% above national
73 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $37,710 +12% above national
74 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,630 +12% above national
75 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,580 +12% above national
76 Flagstaff, AZ $37,490 +12% above national
77 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,450 +12% above national
78 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $37,420 +12% above national
79 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,200 +11% above national
80 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $37,020 +10% above national
81 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $36,940 +10% above national
82 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,850 +10% above national
83 Boulder, CO $36,820 +10% above national
84 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $36,820 +10% above national
85 Tucson, AZ $36,760 +10% above national
86 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,750 +10% above national
87 Napa, CA $36,720 +10% above national
88 Yuma, AZ $36,670 +9% above national
89 Vineland, NJ $36,640 +9% above national
90 Ogden, UT $36,560 +9% above national
91 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,550 +9% above national
92 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $36,260 +8% above national
93 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $36,260 +8% above national
94 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $36,260 +8% above national
95 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $36,240 +8% above national
96 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $36,170 +8% above national
97 Barnstable Town, MA $36,160 +8% above national
98 Vallejo, CA $36,150 +8% above national
99 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $36,140 +8% above national
100 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $36,140 +8% above national
101 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $36,130 +8% above national
102 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $35,990 +7% above national
103 Dover, DE $35,720 +7% above national
104 Salinas, CA $35,570 +6% above national
105 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $35,440 +6% above national
106 Lexington Park, MD $35,330 +5% above national
107 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $35,280 +5% above national
108 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $35,240 +5% above national
109 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $35,160 +5% above national
110 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $35,150 +5% above national
111 Asheville, NC $35,130 +5% above national
112 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $35,100 +5% above national
113 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,900 +4% above national
114 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,880 +4% above national
115 Logan, UT-ID $34,840 +4% above national
116 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $34,800 +4% above national
117 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $34,780 +4% above national
118 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $34,750 +4% above national
119 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,700 +3% above national
120 Naples-Marco Island, FL $34,680 +3% above national
121 Modesto, CA $34,670 +3% above national
122 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $34,610 +3% above national
123 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $34,610 +3% above national
124 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $34,560 +3% above national
125 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $34,520 +3% above national
126 Worcester, MA $34,430 +3% above national
127 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,430 +3% above national
128 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $34,410 +3% above national
129 Raleigh-Cary, NC $34,290 +2% above national
130 El Centro, CA $34,260 +2% above national
131 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $34,230 +2% above national
132 Fresno, CA $34,210 +2% above national
133 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $34,120 +2% above national
134 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $34,100 +2% above national
135 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $34,070 +2% above national
136 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $34,070 +2% above national
137 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $34,030 +1% above national
138 Pittsfield, MA $33,960 +1% above national
139 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $33,950 +1% above national
140 Grants Pass, OR $33,860 +1% above national
141 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $33,850 +1% above national
142 Bend, OR $33,820 +1% above national
143 Stockton-Lodi, CA $33,790 +1% above national
144 Chico, CA $33,760 +1% above national
145 Redding, CA $33,760 +1% above national
146 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $33,740 +1% above national
147 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $33,660 same as national
148 Springfield, MA $33,640 same as national
149 Salisbury, MD $33,590 same as national
150 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $33,550 same as national
151 New Haven, CT $33,520 same as national
152 Visalia, CA $33,510 same as national
153 Colorado Springs, CO $33,480 same as national
154 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $33,390 same as national
155 Merced, CA $33,390 same as national
156 Yuba City, CA $33,390 same as national
157 Jacksonville, FL $33,280 1% below national
158 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $32,780 2% below national
159 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $32,670 3% below national
160 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $32,670 3% below national
161 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $32,530 3% below national
162 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $31,980 5% below national
163 Medford, OR $31,950 5% below national
164 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $31,940 5% below national
165 Columbus, OH $31,910 5% below national
166 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $31,790 5% below national
167 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $31,700 5% below national
168 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $31,570 6% below national
169 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $31,480 6% below national
170 Anchorage, AK $31,270 7% below national
171 Corvallis, OR $31,240 7% below national
172 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,200 7% below national
173 Salem, OR $31,160 7% below national
174 Grand Junction, CO $31,020 7% below national
175 Albany, OR $30,890 8% below national
176 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,840 8% below national
177 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $30,710 8% below national
178 Eugene-Springfield, OR $30,670 9% below national
179 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $30,630 9% below national
180 Albuquerque, NM $30,600 9% below national
181 Beckley, WV $30,530 9% below national
182 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $30,460 9% below national
183 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $30,450 9% below national
184 Omaha, NE-IA $30,420 9% below national
185 Lincoln, NE $30,410 9% below national
186 Morgantown, WV $30,250 10% below national
187 Cleveland, OH $30,190 10% below national
188 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $30,160 10% below national
189 Lexington-Fayette, KY $30,110 10% below national
190 Homosassa Springs, FL $30,010 10% below national
191 Pueblo, CO $30,010 10% below national
192 Akron, OH $29,990 11% below national
193 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $29,920 11% below national
194 Gainesville, FL $29,870 11% below national
195 Rocky Mount, NC $29,860 11% below national
196 Lewiston, ID-WA $29,850 11% below national
197 Fairbanks-College, AK $29,820 11% below national
198 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $29,650 12% below national
199 Wilmington, NC $29,650 12% below national
200 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $29,620 12% below national
201 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $29,600 12% below national
202 Champaign-Urbana, IL $29,550 12% below national
203 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $29,520 12% below national
204 Greensboro-High Point, NC $29,510 12% below national
205 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $29,510 12% below national
206 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $29,500 12% below national
207 Toledo, OH $29,490 12% below national
208 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $29,380 12% below national
209 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $29,240 13% below national
210 Sandusky, OH $29,230 13% below national
211 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $29,230 13% below national
212 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,200 13% below national
213 Springfield, IL $29,180 13% below national
214 Farmington, NM $29,130 13% below national
215 Lawrence, KS $29,130 13% below national
216 Bloomington, IL $29,120 13% below national
217 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $29,120 13% below national
218 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $29,120 13% below national
219 Decatur, IL $29,120 13% below national
220 Kankakee, IL $29,120 13% below national
221 Peoria, IL $29,120 13% below national
222 Rockford, IL $29,120 13% below national
223 St. Louis, MO-IL $29,120 13% below national
224 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 13% below national
225 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 13% below national
226 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 13% below national
227 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 13% below national
228 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $29,070 13% below national
229 Port St. Lucie, FL $29,060 13% below national
230 Wichita, KS $29,000 14% below national
231 Ocala, FL $28,980 14% below national
232 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $28,980 14% below national
233 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $28,960 14% below national
234 Lima, OH $28,940 14% below national
235 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $28,910 14% below national
236 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $28,910 14% below national
237 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $28,890 14% below national
238 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $28,880 14% below national
239 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $28,880 14% below national
240 Canton-Massillon, OH $28,870 14% below national
241 Bismarck, ND $28,860 14% below national
242 Las Cruces, NM $28,670 14% below national
243 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $28,600 15% below national
244 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,600 15% below national
245 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $28,590 15% below national
246 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $28,580 15% below national
247 Charleston, WV $28,550 15% below national
248 Midland, TX $28,500 15% below national
249 Rapid City, SD $28,490 15% below national
250 Winston-Salem, NC $28,490 15% below national
251 Punta Gorda, FL $28,430 15% below national
252 Lancaster, PA $28,410 15% below national
253 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $28,400 15% below national
254 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $28,390 15% below national
255 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,380 15% below national
256 Minot, ND $28,280 16% below national
257 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $28,260 16% below national
258 Springfield, OH $28,240 16% below national
259 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $28,200 16% below national
260 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $28,100 16% below national
261 Youngstown-Warren, OH $28,060 16% below national
262 York-Hanover, PA $28,050 16% below national
263 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $28,050 16% below national
264 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $28,040 16% below national
265 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,020 16% below national
266 Manchester-Nashua, NH $27,980 17% below national
267 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,950 17% below national
268 Macon-Bibb County, GA $27,940 17% below national
269 Corpus Christi, TX $27,920 17% below national
270 Wheeling, WV-OH $27,920 17% below national
271 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $27,910 17% below national
272 Burlington, NC $27,890 17% below national
273 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $27,860 17% below national
274 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $27,820 17% below national
275 Grand Island, NE $27,810 17% below national
276 Tallahassee, FL $27,800 17% below national
277 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,730 17% below national
278 Mansfield, OH $27,690 17% below national
279 Tyler, TX $27,670 17% below national
280 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $27,640 18% below national
281 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $27,570 18% below national
282 San Angelo, TX $27,540 18% below national
283 Longview, TX $27,520 18% below national
284 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $27,490 18% below national
285 State College, PA $27,470 18% below national
286 Grand Forks, ND-MN $27,380 18% below national
287 Sebring, FL $27,380 18% below national
288 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $27,380 18% below national
289 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $27,320 19% below national
290