SOC 35-9031 · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Peoria, IL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Peoria, IL is $31,200. The 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $42,610. Employment is 440.

Median annual wage

$31,200

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$31,200
Median
$31,200
75th percentile
$33,630
90th percentile
$42,610
Mean
$33,670

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $42,610. The difference is $11,410, which is 36.6% 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 $31,200 to the 75th at $33,630, covers $2,430.

The mean annual wage is $33,670, which sits above the median of $31,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Peoria, IL median is about the same as the national median of $31,200 for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,199, which is 9.6% higher 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 Illinois median of $31,200.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Peoria, IL is 91.231, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $34,199 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Peoria, IL ranks 3rd of 28 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).).

  • Bloomington, IL is 41 miles away, with a median of $31,200 and employment of 300. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,356, against $34,199 here.
  • Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 65 miles away, with a median of $31,200 and employment of 410. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,025, against $34,199 here.
  • Springfield, IL is 67 miles away, with a median of $31,200 and employment of 260. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,641, against $34,199 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.27% of wage-and-salary employment in Peoria, IL (440 of 166,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Peoria, IL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Peoria, IL is $31,200. The 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $42,610. Employment is 440.

How does that compare with the national median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop?

The local median is about the same as the national median of $31,200.

What is Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop pay in Peoria, IL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Peoria, IL is 91.231, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $31,200 is $34,199. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Peoria, IL compare with nearby metros for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop?

Bloomington, IL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 41 miles away, at $31,200. Peoria, IL ranks 3rd of 28 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.