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Dining Room And Cafeteria Attendants And Bartender Helpers Salary: New Hampshire vs New York

Dining Room And Cafeteria Attendants And Bartender Helpers earn a median of $24,040 in New Hampshire and $36,780 in New York. That is a nominal gap of $12,740 (-34.6%), with New York paying more before any cost-of-living adjustment.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates. Cost-of-living adjustment uses BEA Regional Price Parities, most recent release.

$24,040
New Hampshire median
$23,079 after COL
$36,780
New York median
$34,080 after COL
-34.6%
Nominal gap
New York leads
-32.3%
Adjusted gap
New York leads after COL

The story behind the numbers

On raw wages, New York pays $12,740 more per year than New Hampshire for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers, a gap of +34.6%.

After adjusting for cost of living, New York still comes out ahead, with roughly $11,002 of extra purchasing power (+32.3% real gap). Local prices do not reverse the nominal advantage.

Full breakdown by location

Detailed wage, employment, and cost-of-living figures for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in each location. Click through to the full local salary page for percentiles, outlook, and peer areas.

Dining Room And Cafeteria Attendants And Bartender Helpers

New Hampshire

Median salary
$24,040
Mean salary
$25,970
Employment
1,490
Location quotient
0.64
Jobs per 1,000
2.2
COL-adjusted median
$23,079
Regional Price Parity
104.2%

Exact state RPP match.

Full Dining Room And Cafeteria Attendants And Bartender Helpers page for New Hampshire →

Dining Room And Cafeteria Attendants And Bartender Helpers

New York

Median salary
$36,780
Mean salary
$42,820
Employment
44,040
Location quotient
1.36
Jobs per 1,000
4.6
COL-adjusted median
$34,080
Regional Price Parity
107.9%

Exact state RPP match.

Full Dining Room And Cafeteria Attendants And Bartender Helpers page for New York →

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Common questions about this comparison

What does the cost-of-living adjustment actually do? +

It divides each location's nominal median wage by its Regional Price Parity (RPP), which measures how local prices compare to the national average (100 = national). A wage of $100,000 in an area with RPP 120 has the same purchasing power as roughly $83,000 nationally.

Why would the nominal and adjusted winners disagree? +

High-cost metros often pay higher salaries, but not by enough to fully offset the higher cost of housing, goods, and services. When that happens, the location with the lower nominal wage actually offers more real purchasing power.

What is a location quotient? +

The location quotient measures how concentrated an occupation is in a given area versus the national average. A value of 2.0 means the occupation is twice as common there as nationally. It is a signal of what a state specializes in.