Salary for Nonrestaurant Food Servers

That's not a valid work email account. Please enter your work email (e.g. you@yourcompany.com)
Please enter your work email
(e.g. you@yourcompany.com)

Also known as:  Boat Hop, Hospital Food Service Worker, Room Service Food Server

Recruiter.com helps find better paying jobs across all specialties and locations. Sign up in our career community today!

SEE MORE SALARIES FOR HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM PROFESSIONALS
Food servers working in a non-restaurant environment are charged with the responsibility of delivering food to clients who have ordered meals in places such as hotel rooms, care centers, hospital rooms or vehicles. They work diligently to ensure that all items are accounted for before delivery. Additionally, they take and receive orders that are passed onto the kitchen staff for preparation. They are expected to stock necessary kitchen utensils such as straws, napkins and ice as well. They remove trays from rooms once the guest is finished. They may also monitor food preparation techniques and cleaning methods. A high school diploma is often required for employment in this field.

A Nonrestaurant Food Server can receive salaries ranging between $19,350 and $37,910 depending on experience and education levels. Food Servers can expect a salary of twenty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty dollars on an annual basis.

Food Servers are paid most highly in District of Columbia, where they earn compensation, on average, of approximately $37,350. People working these jobs can get the best compensation in Finance and Insurance, which has wages of $33,570.

Are you an aspiring nonrestaurant food server? Want a new opportunity where you can earn a higher salary? Join our nonrestaurant food server Career Community today!

The national wage distribution is shown below. To overlay local salaries for a Nonrestaurant Food Server, please select your state.
Annual salary
recruiter-loader
Hourly rate
recruiter-loader
GET SCOUTED
Recruiter makes it easy to find out about new jobs for food servers. Join our nonrestaurant food server Career Community today!
SALARY TREND

The annual compensation for this career has gone up since 2004. Salaries have increased by an average of 53.08 percent nationwide in that time.

recruiter-loader
INDUSTRIES

Nonrestaurant Food Servers tend to make the most in the following industries:

Finance and Insurance
$33,570
Transportation and Warehousing
$33,430
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$31,480
Manufacturing
$28,370
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
$28,150
Other Services (except Public Administration)
$28,140

In general, they earn less within the industries below:

Retail Trade
$23,950
Management of Companies and Enterprises
$24,620
Construction
$25,940
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
$26,470
Educational Services
$26,640
Accommodation and Food Services
$26,790
GIVE YOUR JOB SEARCH A BOOST
Recruiters on our platform will receive your resume directly in their inbox if thereā€™s a match. POST YOUR RESUME
3 out of 4 resumes never get seen.
Employers get hundreds of applications, and most get filtered out before they ever see them. Upload your resume to get through the filters.