How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Gettysburg, PA?

Percentile spread

For Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, the published 10th percentile is $21,040 and the 90th percentile is $37,170. The difference is $16,130, which is 59.0% 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 $22,290 to the 75th at $30,190, covers $7,900.

The mean annual wage is $27,510, which sits above the median of $27,350. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gettysburg, PA median is 12.3% 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 $28,675, which is 8.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.2% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $29,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gettysburg, PA is 95.379, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $27,350 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $28,675 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

34 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Gettysburg, PA ranks 28th of 35 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).).

• York-Hanover, PA is 26 miles away, with a median of $29,490 and employment of 570. That median is 7.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,719, against $28,675 here.
• Chambersburg, PA is 27 miles away, with a median of $27,770 and employment of 160. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,342, against $28,675 here.
• Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $28,640 and employment of 880. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,032, against $28,675 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.41% of wage-and-salary employment in Gettysburg, PA (130 of 31,940). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.46 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.