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Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop pay in Springfield, OH and Urban Honolulu, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop is $25,770 per year in Springfield, OH. It is $47,110 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. Springfield, OH is 45.3% below Urban Honolulu, HI 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Springfield, OH and 1,740 in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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