Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop

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Total Workforce

188k

Average Age

25.6

Average Salary

$10,029

Average Male Salary

$10,886

Average Female Salary

$9,502

About

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop was $10,029 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop by wage are Hosts & hostesses, restaurant, lounge, & coffee shop, Lifeguards & other recreational, & all other protective service workers, and Ushers, lobby attendants, & ticket takers.

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are part of the Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations, along with Chefs & head cooks, Firstline supervisors of food preparation & serving workers, Cooks, Food preparation workers, Bartenders, and 7 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are Gage Park, Garfield Ridge & West Lawn PUMA, IL, Stratford, Shelton, Trumbull, Newtown & Monroe Towns PUMA, CT, and Evansville City PUMA, IN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are Gage Park, Garfield Ridge & West Lawn PUMA, IL, Tulsa (North) & Owasso Cities PUMA, OK, and Evansville City PUMA, IN.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop and on wages and locations for those in the field. Restaurants & Food Services is the industry that employs the most Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop, by average wage, is Hardware stores. Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are paid most in Louisville/Jefferson County (North Central) PUMA, KY but are relatively concentrated in Gage Park, Garfield Ridge & West Lawn PUMA, IL.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$10,029

AVERAGE SALARY

± $972

In 2017, Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop earned an average of $10,029, $43,859 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Lifeguards & other recreational, & all other protective service workers make somewhat more than Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop while Hosts & hostesses, restaurant, lounge, & coffee shop make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.448

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.448, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop, by number of employees, are Restaurants & Food Services, Motion pictures & video industries, and Amusement & Recreation.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop, by average wage, are Hardware stores, Specialty food stores, and Grocery Stores.

Industries by Share

188k

2017 Workforce

± 10,639

-4.9%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 8.31%

The number of people employed as Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop has been declining at a rate of -4.9%, from 197,697 people in 2016 to 188,019 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop employed by various industries. Restaurants & Food Services employs the largest share of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop at 78.2%, followed by Motion pictures & video industries with 7.66% and Amusement & Recreation with 2.82%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop in the US. The average age of male Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop in the workforce is 24.1 and of female Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop is 26.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

71.6k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 6,570

116k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 8,372

61.9% of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

62.8% of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 12.1% of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop.

Age by Gender

24.1

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.01

26.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1

The median age of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop is 25.6, and Male employees are generally 2.43 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop is Business but a relatively high number of Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop hold a major in Liberal Arts & Humanities.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, & coffee shop need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Persuasion, and Management of Personnel Resources.