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Waiters and Waitresses pay in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX and Kahului-Wailuku, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Waiters and Waitresses is $22,400 per year in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX. It is $82,550 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 72.9% below Kahului-Wailuku, HI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-3031 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 2,250 wage and salary jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX and 2,700 in Kahului-Wailuku, 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.