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

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary in Indiana

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Indiana, the middle dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers earned $28,320 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$28,320

$14 per hour at the median · That is $5,660 (16.7 percent) below the national median of $33,980 for this occupation.

$28,590Mean annual salary
$14Mean hourly wage
$10,220People employed in this job in Indiana

Salary range

25th: $23,130Median: $28,32075th: $33,340
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$23,130
Median (50th percentile)$28,320
75th percentile$33,340
Mean$28,590

The middle half of workers earned from $23,130 to $33,340 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$24,126 a year
$2,010 a month
Federal tax $1,222 · FICA $2,166 · State tax $806

Indiana county income tax is separate and is 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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