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Industries with Fastest Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary Growth

These industries raised Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salaries the most from 2019 to 2024. Useful for deciding which industry to work in or switch to for better pay growth.

56
Industries with Growth
+113.5%
Highest Growth
+40.5%
Average Growth
0
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 56 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Personal and Laundry Services $22,960 $49,030 +$26,070 +113.5%
2 Junior Colleges $22,560 $45,860 +$23,300 +103.3%
3 Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) $19,830 $34,060 +$14,230 +71.8%
4 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $23,690 $38,080 +$14,390 +60.7%
5 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $26,510 $42,500 +$15,990 +60.3%
6 Performing Arts Companies $22,510 $35,050 +$12,540 +55.7%
7 Religious Organizations $25,320 $38,620 +$13,300 +52.5%
8 Educational Services $24,580 $37,140 +$12,560 +51.1%
9 Spectator Sports $20,310 $30,360 +$10,050 +49.5%
10 Food Services and Drinking Places $22,990 $34,320 +$11,330 +49.3%
11 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $23,750 $34,750 +$11,000 +46.3%
12 Offices of Physicians $25,790 $37,640 +$11,850 +45.9%
13 Temporary Help Services $24,270 $35,330 +$11,060 +45.6%
14 Management of Companies and Enterprises $22,990 $33,430 +$10,440 +45.4%
15 Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $25,160 $36,400 +$11,240 +44.7%
16 Motion Picture and Video Exhibition $23,440 $33,780 +$10,340 +44.1%
17 Ambulatory Health Care Services $25,200 $36,140 +$10,940 +43.4%
18 Special Food Services $24,990 $35,580 +$10,590 +42.4%
19 Social Assistance $24,060 $34,190 +$10,130 +42.1%
20 Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries $23,910 $33,920 +$10,010 +41.9%
21 Motion Picture and Video Industries $23,910 $33,920 +$10,010 +41.9%
22 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries $21,800 $30,770 +$8,970 +41.1%
23 Home Health Care Services $22,120 $31,190 +$9,070 +41.0%
24 Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly $23,830 $33,530 +$9,700 +40.7%
25 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing $25,620 $36,040 +$10,420 +40.7%
26 Beverage Manufacturing $25,620 $36,040 +$10,420 +40.7%
27 Traveler Accommodation $23,530 $33,040 +$9,510 +40.4%
28 Individual and Family Services $24,010 $33,540 +$9,530 +39.7%
29 Elementary and Secondary Schools $24,240 $33,860 +$9,620 +39.7%
30 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $24,040 $33,550 +$9,510 +39.6%
31 Accommodation $23,510 $32,780 +$9,270 +39.4%
32 Facilities Support Services $23,510 $32,670 +$9,160 +39.0%
33 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $24,300 $33,620 +$9,320 +38.4%
34 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $25,240 $34,690 +$9,450 +37.4%
35 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations $26,480 $36,290 +$9,810 +37.0%
36 Hospitals $28,260 $38,590 +$10,330 +36.6%
37 Offices of Other Health Practitioners $22,620 $30,770 +$8,150 +36.0%
38 Other Amusement and Recreation Industries $23,190 $31,470 +$8,280 +35.7%
39 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists $22,620 $30,660 +$8,040 +35.5%
40 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries $23,510 $31,470 +$7,960 +33.9%
41 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $28,290 $37,810 +$9,520 +33.7%
42 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals $27,990 $37,310 +$9,320 +33.3%
43 Restaurants and Other Eating Places $19,830 $26,320 +$6,490 +32.7%
44 Gambling Industries $25,190 $33,280 +$8,090 +32.1%
45 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $27,240 $35,870 +$8,630 +31.7%
46 Administrative and Support Services $25,690 $33,800 +$8,110 +31.6%
47 Other Residential Care Facilities $23,720 $31,200 +$7,480 +31.5%
48 Employment Services $26,820 $33,850 +$7,030 +26.2%
49 Rental and Leasing Services $27,670 $34,070 +$6,400 +23.1%
50 Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) $27,690 $34,070 +$6,380 +23.0%
51 Real Estate $25,460 $31,080 +$5,620 +22.1%
52 RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps $26,810 $32,340 +$5,530 +20.6%
53 Other Support Services $22,520 $26,710 +$4,190 +18.6%
54 Civic and Social Organizations $28,880 $33,160 +$4,280 +14.8%
55 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $30,420 $32,670 +$2,250 +7.4%
56 Amusement Parks and Arcades $19,790 $20,220 +$430 +2.2%

About This Data

Salary growth is calculated by comparing the median annual wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in each industry between 2019 and 2024, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Growth percentage = (2024 median - 2019 median) / 2019 median × 100.

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