Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary · Texas

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers Salary in Texas

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in Texas earn a median of $21,550 a year, which is $10.36 an hour. That is $12,430 below the national median of $33,980, a difference of 37 percent. The state employs 60,270.

Median in Texas $21,550 $10.36 an hour · May 2025
US median $33,980
Jobs in Texas 60,270

Texas against the US May 2025

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in Texas against the US, May 2025
FigureTexasUnited States
Median annual $21,550 $33,980
Median hourly$10.36$16.34
Mean annual$24,390$34,230
10th percentile$15,710$21,300
90th percentile$35,540$46,570
Employment60,270542,750

How Texas compares

By median pay, Texas ranks 12 of the 12 states this site reports for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. Ranking is on the published median only. It says nothing about how far that salary goes once housing, state income tax and commuting are paid, and those differences between states are frequently larger than the pay gap itself.

Other states for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers May 2025

StateMedianHourlyJobs
Maryland $37,020 $17.80 13,240
New York $36,740 $17.66 41,340
Arizona $36,500 $17.55 13,300
California $36,010 $17.31 75,460
New Jersey $34,170 $16.43 16,490
Florida $33,280 $16.00 50,400
Illinois $31,200 $15.00 21,290
Michigan $30,390 $14.61 13,050
Ohio $29,400 $14.14 13,670
Pennsylvania $29,310 $14.09 20,800
Georgia $28,920 $13.91 14,540

Common questions

How much do dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers make in Texas?

The median salary for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in Texas is $21,550 a year, or $10.36 an hour. That is $12,430 below the national median of $33,980, a difference of 37 percent. Texas employs 60,270 of them.

Is Texas a good state to work as a dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helper?

On pay alone, Texas ranks 12 of the 12 states this site reports for the occupation, by median salary. Pay is only half the question though: a state with a higher median can still leave you with less once housing and taxes are counted, and this site does not adjust for cost of living.

What is the pay range for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in Texas?

The lowest-paid 10 percent earn $15,710 or less and the highest-paid 10 percent earn $35,540 or more. The middle half falls between $17,090 and $28,690.

Where these numbers come from

Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 35-9011 in Texas. Nothing on this page is interpolated or averaged by this site. See the national dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers salary page for the full picture, or how to read these figures for what the survey covers.