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Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary in Boston, MA

The median dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $34,780 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,366 a month.

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$31,610
Median percentile
$34,780
75th percentile
$45,610
90th percentile
$51,130

Based on 8,890 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$28,387 take-home a year
Gross pay$34,780
Federal income tax−$1,994
Social Security + Medicare−$2,661
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$1,739
Monthly take-home$2,366
Every two weeks$1,092

Does it go far here?

$32,125Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
86%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts