How much do Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers make in Johnson City, TN?

Percentile spread

For Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, the published 10th percentile is $20,080 and the 90th percentile is $33,540. The difference is $13,460, which is 60.3% 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 $22,320 to the 75th at $26,830, covers $4,510.

The mean annual wage is $24,700, which sits above the median of $22,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Johnson City, TN median is 34.3% lower than the national median of $33,980 for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $25,384, which is 25.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24.3% lower than the Tennessee median of $29,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Johnson City, TN is 87.928, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $22,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers at $25,384 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

28 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers. Johnson City, TN ranks 28th of 29 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).).

• Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 24 miles away, with a median of $26,620 and employment of 250. That median is 19.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,793, against $25,384 here.
• Asheville, NC is 47 miles away, with a median of $28,700 and employment of 580. That median is 28.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,739, against $25,384 here.
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $26,940 and employment of 340. That median is 20.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,445, against $25,384 here.

Employment share

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers accounts for 0.33% of wage-and-salary employment in Johnson City, TN (270 of 81,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.35% of employment (542,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 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.