How much do Food Servers, Nonrestaurant make in Burlington-South Burlington, VT?

Percentile spread

For Food Servers, Nonrestaurant, the published 10th percentile is $35,470 and the 90th percentile is $56,050. The difference is $20,580, which is 50.1% 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 $37,100 to the 75th at $46,580, covers $9,480.

The mean annual wage is $43,500, which sits above the median of $41,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington-South Burlington, VT median is 16.2% higher than the national median of $35,360 for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,704, which is 15.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.5% higher than the Vermont median of $37,540.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 100.949, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Servers, Nonrestaurant at $40,704 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant. Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks 1st of 14 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).).

• Glens Falls, NY is 91 miles away, with a median of $36,030 and employment of 130. That median is 12.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,980, against $40,704 here.
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 139 miles away, with a median of $35,550 and employment of 820. That median is 13.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,705, against $40,704 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 139 miles away, with a median of $36,890 and employment of 550. That median is 10.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,915, against $40,704 here.

Employment share

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington-South Burlington, VT (310 of 120,150). Nationally the occupation is 0.19% of employment (293,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.