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- The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides data on wages and employment in the restaurant industry.
- Many restaurant jobs tend to be low-paying, although top management positions pay above the national median wage.
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The restaurant industry is one of the biggest employers in the US, but many of the biggest jobs in the industry are fairly low-wage.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' $4 offers data on employment and wages across different occupations and industries.
According to that report, there were about 10.7 million Americans $4 in May 2018, the most recent year for which data is available.
Restaurant jobs tend to be lower-paying than average. The median annual wage for an employee in the restaurant industry was just $22,590, well below the overall median wage of $38,640.
Here are all the occupations for which at least 2% of restaurant-industry establishments reported having employees, ranked from lowest- to highest-wage, along with their median annual pay and the number of people in that occupation: