SOC 35-9011 · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers make in Wheeling, WV-OH?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in Wheeling, WV-OH is $26,700. The 10th percentile is $22,260 and the 90th percentile is $37,720. Employment is 160.

Median annual wage

$26,700

10th percentile
$22,260
25th percentile
$23,020
Median
$26,700
75th percentile
$29,190
90th percentile
$37,720
Mean
$28,570

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, the published 10th percentile is $22,260 and the 90th percentile is $37,720. The difference is $15,460, which is 57.9% 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 $23,020 to the 75th at $29,190, covers $6,170.

The mean annual wage is $28,570, which sits above the median of $26,700. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wheeling, WV-OH median is 21.4% 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 $30,230, which is 11% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% lower than the West Virginia median of $27,150.

Wheeling, WV-OH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses West Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wheeling, WV-OH is 88.323, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $26,700 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers at $30,230 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

33 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers. Wheeling, WV-OH ranks 33rd of 34 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).).

  • Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH is 30 miles away, with a median of $28,120 and employment of 70. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,587, against $30,230 here.
  • Canton-Massillon, OH is 55 miles away, with a median of $28,300 and employment of 500. That median is 6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,653, against $30,230 here.
  • Pittsburgh, PA is 62 miles away, with a median of $28,540 and employment of 4,060. That median is 6.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,147, against $30,230 here.

Employment share

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers accounts for 0.28% of wage-and-salary employment in Wheeling, WV-OH (160 of 58,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.35% of employment (542,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers make in Wheeling, WV-OH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in Wheeling, WV-OH is $26,700. The 10th percentile is $22,260 and the 90th percentile is $37,720. Employment is 160.

How does that compare with the national median for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?

The local median is 21.4% lower than the national median of $33,980.

What is Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers pay in Wheeling, WV-OH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wheeling, WV-OH is 88.323, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $26,700 is $30,230. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Wheeling, WV-OH compare with nearby metros for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 30 miles away, at $28,120. Wheeling, WV-OH ranks 33rd of 34 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.