How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA?

Percentile spread

For Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, the published 10th percentile is $22,520 and the 90th percentile is $42,650. The difference is $20,130, which is 70.3% 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 $24,320 to the 75th at $36,530, covers $12,210.

The mean annual wage is $30,560, which sits above the median of $28,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA median is 8.2% 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 $29,032, which is 6.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.8% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $29,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 98.650, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $28,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $29,032 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ranks 24th of 37 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).).

• Lebanon, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $28,020 and employment of 140. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,060, against $29,032 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $29,490 and employment of 570. That median is 3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,719, against $29,032 here.
• Gettysburg, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $27,350 and employment of 130. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $28,675, against $29,032 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (880 of 335,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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.