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Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $35,800 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,370 a month.

10th percentile
$34,530
25th percentile
$34,940
Median percentile
$35,800
75th percentile
$37,560
90th percentile
$49,570

Based on 24,860 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

$28,439 take-home a year
Gross pay$35,800
Federal income tax−$2,116
Social Security + Medicare−$2,739
California income tax (approx.)−$2,506
Monthly take-home$2,370
Every two weeks$1,094

Does it go far here?

$31,524Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
87%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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