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

How much do Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop make in Pueblo, CO?

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 Pueblo, CO is $33,930. The 10th percentile is $30,800 and the 90th percentile is $48,020. Employment is 170.

Median annual wage

$33,930

10th percentile
$30,800
25th percentile
$30,800
Median
$33,930
75th percentile
$40,960
90th percentile
$48,020
Mean
$37,150

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 $30,800 and the 90th percentile is $48,020. The difference is $17,220, which is 50.8% 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 $30,800 to the 75th at $40,960, covers $10,160.

The mean annual wage is $37,150, which sits above the median of $33,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Pueblo, CO median is 8.8% higher than the national median of $31,200 for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,976, which is 18.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.6% lower than the Colorado median of $36,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Pueblo, CO is 91.762, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $33,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at $36,976 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. Pueblo, CO ranks 6th 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).).

  • Colorado Springs, CO is 48 miles away, with a median of $36,350 and employment of 1,130. That median is 7.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,095, against $36,976 here.
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 91 miles away, with a median of $36,340 and employment of 5,320. That median is 7.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,354, against $36,976 here.
  • Boulder, CO is 142 miles away, with a median of $38,220 and employment of 580. That median is 12.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,330, against $36,976 here.

Employment share

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop accounts for 0.28% of wage-and-salary employment in Pueblo, CO (170 of 61,780). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (432,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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 Pueblo, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Pueblo, CO is $33,930. The 10th percentile is $30,800 and the 90th percentile is $48,020. Employment is 170.

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

The local median is 8.8% higher than the national median of $31,200.

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

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Pueblo, CO is 91.762, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $33,930 is $36,976. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

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

Colorado Springs, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 48 miles away, at $36,350. Pueblo, CO ranks 6th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.