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Average Hosts And Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, And Coffee Shop Salary in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC

Hosts And Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, And Coffee Shop in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC earn a median annual salary of $26,150, which is -16.2% compared to the national median. There are 1,350 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC (metro area).

$26,150
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC median annual wage
$13/hour median
-16.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $31,200
1,350
Local employment
9.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.33
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$16,210
25th
$20,750
Median
$26,150
75th
$29,220
90th
$34,690

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
93.6%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$27,926
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 88.0%
Rents: 83.1%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Urban Honolulu, HI $47,110 Compare 1,740
Kahului-Wailuku, HI $45,240 Compare 490
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $43,410 Compare 3,390
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $42,400 Compare 1,860
Grants Pass, OR $40,890 Compare 100
Bend, OR $40,090 Compare 480

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $349,720 0.75
Nurse Anesthetists $279,570 0.76
Family Medicine Physicians $263,630 1.43
Chief Executives $194,350 0.54
Database Architects $153,240 N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers $152,050 0.15
Optometrists $150,010 1.22
Marketing Managers $143,450 0.31

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC has salary data for 309 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Hosts And Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, And Coffee Shop in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Hosts And Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, And Coffee Shop are projected to change by -1.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 107,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.