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Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers pay in Hawaii and Minnesota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers is $51,200 per year in Hawaii. It is $29,210 per year in Minnesota. Hawaii is 75.3% above Minnesota 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 4,380 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 7,220 in Minnesota. 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