How much do Food Servers, Nonrestaurant make in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

Percentile spread

For Food Servers, Nonrestaurant, the published 10th percentile is $26,160 and the 90th percentile is $40,690. The difference is $14,530, 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 $28,170 to the 75th at $38,560, covers $10,390.

The mean annual wage is $33,030, which sits above the median of $29,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greensboro-High Point, NC median is 17.9% lower than the national median of $35,360 for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,260, which is 11.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.7% lower than the North Carolina median of $31,460.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greensboro-High Point, NC is 92.865, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $29,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Servers, Nonrestaurant at $31,260 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant. Greensboro-High Point, NC ranks 26th of 31 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).).

• Burlington, NC is 22 miles away, with a median of $28,670 and employment of 90. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,763, against $31,260 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 31 miles away, with a median of $34,620 and employment of 560. That median is 19.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,613, against $31,260 here.
• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $34,500 and employment of 740. That median is 18.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,359, against $31,260 here.

Employment share

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in Greensboro-High Point, NC (900 of 365,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.19% of employment (293,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.30 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.