How much do Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers make in Barnstable Town, MA?

Percentile spread

For Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, the published 10th percentile is $31,590 and the 90th percentile is $50,460. The difference is $18,870, which is 49.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $34,230 to the 75th at $48,320, covers $14,090.

The mean annual wage is $40,910, which sits above the median of $37,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Barnstable Town, MA median is 11.8% higher than the national median of $33,980 for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,617, which is 13.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.3% higher than the Massachusetts median of $35,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers at $38,617 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 2nd of 16 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $31,200 and employment of 3,530. That median is 17.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,656, against $38,617 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 71 miles away, with a median of $34,780 and employment of 8,890. That median is 8.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,125, against $38,617 here.
• Worcester, MA is 100 miles away, with a median of $35,870 and employment of 870. That median is 5.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,987, against $38,617 here.

Employment share

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers accounts for 0.60% of wage-and-salary employment in Barnstable Town, MA (560 of 94,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.35% of employment (542,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.70 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.