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Average Waiters And Waitresses Salary in New Hampshire

Waiters And Waitresses in New Hampshire earn a median annual salary of $39,270, which is +16.3% compared to the national median. There are 10,840 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for New Hampshire (state).

$39,270
New Hampshire median annual wage
$19/hour median
+16.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $33,760
10,840
Local employment
15.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.06
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$21,960
25th
$30,230
Median
$39,270
75th
$56,440
90th
$69,190

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 New Hampshire, 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
104.2%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$37,700
Goods: 98.6%
Services: 133.7%
Rents: 114.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Vermont$60,910Compare3,730
Hawaii$48,570Compare13,830
Washington$47,490Compare43,720
New York$46,460Compare140,890
District of Columbia$45,770Compare10,540
Maine$44,550Compare8,540

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 New Hampshire

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$238,3700.85
Psychiatrists$211,3701.04
Podiatrists$211,000N/A
Physicists$179,4400.34
Computer And Information Systems Managers$177,160N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers$171,6302.05
Dentists, General$162,0400.91
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary$154,8401.70

New Hampshire has salary data for 637 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Waiters And Waitresses in New Hampshire

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Waiters And Waitresses are projected to change by -0.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 456,700 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.