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Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop pay in Alaska and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop is $30,210 per year in Alaska. It is $47,070 per year in Hawaii. Alaska is 35.8% below Hawaii on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-9031 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 740 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 2,650 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