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Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers pay in Florida and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers is $33,280 per year in Florida. It is $51,200 per year in Hawaii. Florida is 35.0% below Hawaii on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-9011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50,400 wage and salary jobs in Florida and 4,380 in Hawaii. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings