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Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary in Houston, TX

The median dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $21,850 a year, 36% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $1,634 a month.

10th percentile
$16,350
25th percentile
$16,920
Median percentile
$21,850
75th percentile
$28,250
90th percentile
$33,960

Based on 16,740 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

$19,603 take-home a year
Gross pay$21,850
Federal income tax−$575
Social Security + Medicare−$1,672
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$1,634
Every two weeks$754

Does it go far here?

$22,154Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
88%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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