SOC 35-3041 · Area 31180 · May 2025
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
Lubbock, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $22,060 | $10.61 |
| 25th percentile | $25,500 | $12.26 |
| Median | $29,660 | $14.26 |
| 75th percentile | $31,410 | $15.10 |
| 90th percentile | $34,050 | $16.37 |
| Average | $28,460 | $13.68 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 180. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $25,500 to $31,410 in 2025, a span of $5,910.
The area median is $360 (1.2%) above Texas's $29,300 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 25 other published areas
- This area's median is $5,540 (23.0%) above the $24,120 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $5,520 (22.9%) above the $24,140 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,890 (19.7%) above the $24,770 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $4,700 (18.8%) above the $24,960 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,190 (16.5%) above the $25,470 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $3,940 (15.3%) above the $25,720 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $2,870 (10.7%) above the $26,790 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $2,580 (9.5%) above the $27,080 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $2,470 (9.1%) above the $27,190 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $2,320 (8.5%) above the $27,340 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $1,930 (7.0%) above the $27,730 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $1,890 (6.8%) above the $27,770 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $1,430 (5.1%) above the $28,230 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $1,150 (4.0%) above the $28,510 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $1,140 (4.0%) above the $28,520 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $920 (3.2%) above the $28,740 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $740 (2.6%) above the $28,920 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $640 (2.2%) above the $29,020 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $610 (2.1%) above the $29,050 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $440 (1.5%) above the $29,220 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $380 (1.3%) above the $29,280 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $20 (0.1%) below the $29,680 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $1,500 (4.8%) below the $31,160 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $2,950 (9.0%) below the $32,610 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $4,500 (13.2%) below the $34,160 median in Midland, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
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