Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
$24,530avg. a year
$11.79 an hour · 16,740 employed
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn an average of $24,530 a year. That is about the same as the Texas average of $24,390. The U.S. average is $34,230.
$21,850Median pay
$11.79Average hourly
+1%vs. Texas average
16,740Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 24.
16,050 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$26,960
$12.96 an hour
2400 jobs
Midland, TX
$25,450
$12.24 an hour
35,540 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$25,320
$12.17 an hour
4320 jobs
Odessa, TX
$24,780
$11.91 an hour
5500 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$24,530
$11.79 an hour
618,600 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$24,490
$11.78 an hour
7410 jobs
Waco, TX
$23,650
$11.37 an hour
8890 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$23,570
$11.33 an hour
9160 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$23,410
$11.26 an hour
10610 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$23,360
$11.23 an hour
11620 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$23,290
$11.20 an hour
12250 jobs
Abilene, TX
$22,980
$11.05 an hour
13450 jobs
Tyler, TX
$22,900
$11.01 an hour
14190 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$22,440
$10.79 an hour
15450 jobs
Laredo, TX
$22,340
$10.74 an hour
16730 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$22,300
$10.72 an hour
17320 jobs
Longview, TX
$22,240
$10.69 an hour
18480 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$22,050
$10.60 an hour
191,330 jobs
El Paso, TX
$21,930
$10.54 an hour
20130 jobs
Victoria, TX
$21,870
$10.52 an hour
21210 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$21,830
$10.50 an hour
22180 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$21,830
$10.49 an hour
23940 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$21,370
$10.28 an hour
24580 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$21,180
$10.18 an hour
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How Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands compares
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Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Related jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
| Job | Avg. pay in this metro |
|---|---|
| Dishwashers | $28,750 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,840 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,630 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $29,180 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $32,970 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $41,350 |
Questions and answers
How much do dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
The average is $24,530 a year, and the median is $21,850. About 16,740 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is about the same as the Texas average of $24,390.
Is this job common in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
It makes up 5.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.46 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 35-9011. Metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 26420). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.