How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Jackson, MS?

Percentile spread

For Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, the published 10th percentile is $17,790 and the 90th percentile is $28,640. The difference is $10,850, which is 49.3% 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 $21,210 to the 75th at $27,210, covers $6,000.

The mean annual wage is $23,870, which sits above the median of $21,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jackson, MS median is 29.5% 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 $24,695, which is 20.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Mississippi median of $21,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jackson, MS is 89.048, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $21,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $24,695 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Jackson, MS ranks 7th of 12 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).).

• Hattiesburg, MS is 101 miles away, with a median of $21,230 and employment of 200. That median is 3.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $24,226, against $24,695 here.
• Monroe, LA is 113 miles away, with a median of $20,910 and employment of 200. That median is 4.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $25,013, against $24,695 here.
• Hammond, LA is 126 miles away, with a median of $21,520 and employment of 230. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $25,480, against $24,695 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Jackson, MS (490 of 270,730). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.65 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.