SALARY · HOSTS AND HOSTESSES, RESTAURANT, LOUNGE, AND COFFEE SHOP · PENNSYLVANIA

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop salary in Pennsylvania

People ask me what a job pays, and my honest answer is always: it depends on the state. For hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Pennsylvania, the middle of the field earned $29,170 a year. Use that as your anchor, then look at experience, employer size and city before you judge any single offer.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$29,170

$14 per hour at the median · That is $2,030 (6.5 percent) below the national median of $31,200 for this occupation.

$30,020Mean annual salary
$14Mean hourly wage
$18,020People employed in this job in Pennsylvania

Salary range

25th: $23,960Median: $29,17075th: $34,920
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$23,960
Median (50th percentile)$29,170
75th percentile$34,920
Mean$30,020

The middle half of workers earned from $23,960 to $34,920 a year. Hourly pay matters if your hours vary. An annual figure can look strong while the hourly rate tells a different story, especially in jobs with seasonal hours or overtime. Check both before you compare two offers.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$24,723 a year
$2,060 a month
Federal tax $1,320 · FICA $2,232 · State tax $896

Caveat: the $0 deduction point for Pennsylvania was corroborated from a secondary host of the 2025 booklet, not from a pa.gov page.

Pennsylvania local earned income tax and the Philadelphia wage tax are separate and are not in this figure.

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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