SALARY · DINING ROOM AND CAFETERIA ATTENDANTS AND BARTENDER HELPERS · ALABAMA

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary in Alabama

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In Alabama, dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers sat at a median of $22,470 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$22,470

$11 per hour at the median · That is $11,510 (33.9 percent) below the national median of $33,980 for this occupation.

$24,330Mean annual salary
$12Mean hourly wage
$3,420People employed in this job in Alabama

Salary range

25th: $18,750Median: $22,47075th: $28,740
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$18,750
Median (50th percentile)$22,470
75th percentile$28,740
Mean$24,330

The middle half of workers earned from $18,750 to $28,740 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$19,287 a year
$1,607 a month
Federal tax $637 · FICA $1,719 · State tax $827

Caveat: the Alabama 2026 Form 40 return instruction booklet was not retrieved as a single document. Brackets, standard deduction table and federal tax deduction rest on the 2026 Form 40ES worksheet and statute.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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