How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Eau Claire, WI?

Percentile spread

For Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, the published 10th percentile is $20,800 and the 90th percentile is $37,700. The difference is $16,900, which is 60.4% 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 $22,130 to the 75th at $33,890, covers $11,760.

The mean annual wage is $29,040, which sits above the median of $27,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Eau Claire, WI median is 10.4% lower than the national median of $31,200 for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,141, which is 3.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.3% lower than the Wisconsin median of $28,060.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eau Claire, WI is 92.796, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $27,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $30,141 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Eau Claire, WI ranks 8th of 17 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).).

• Wausau, WI is 75 miles away, with a median of $27,340 and employment of 150. That median is 2.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,509, against $30,141 here.
• Rochester, MN is 86 miles away, with a median of $28,270 and employment of 300. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,127, against $30,141 here.
• La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN is 86 miles away, with a median of $27,460 and employment of 230. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,923, against $30,141 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Eau Claire, WI (220 of 86,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.92 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.