How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT?

Percentile spread

For Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, the published 10th percentile is $21,700 and the 90th percentile is $48,950. The difference is $27,250, which is 90.5% 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 $27,530 to the 75th at $34,880, covers $7,350.

The mean annual wage is $32,570, which sits above the median of $30,100. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT median is 3.5% 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 $30,642, which is 1.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% higher than the Utah median of $29,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is 98.232, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,100 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $30,642 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT ranks 1st of 6 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).).

• Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 58 miles away, with a median of $29,620 and employment of 2,240. That median is 1.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,365, against $30,642 here.
• Ogden, UT is 90 miles away, with a median of $29,590 and employment of 630. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,487, against $30,642 here.
• Logan, UT-ID is 143 miles away, with a median of $27,200 and employment of 180. That median is 9.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $28,355, against $30,642 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT (740 of 304,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 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.