Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Salary — Ithaca, New York

The average Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Ithaca, New York earns $38,430 a year.

$38,430 / year, mean
↑ 16.5% above national average 77th percentile in New York

Ithaca pays well above most of New York for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within New York

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
70
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.6%
Cost of living 103 #33 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2005 #101 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $353,120 #80 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $73,012 #84 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Ithaca ranks #33 for cost of living and #80 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Portland $44,390 San Jose $44,080 Seattle $43,620 San Francisco $42,510 Napa $42,060 Bend $41,960 Grants Pass $41,740 Bremerton $41,680 Eugene $41,100 Los Angeles $40,680 Salem $40,130 Bellingham $40,020 Salinas $39,940 Wenatchee $39,930 New York $39,780 Santa Rosa $39,560 Albany $39,350 Olympia $39,190 Longview $39,150 Spokane $39,120 San Diego $39,060 Walla Walla $38,940 Vallejo $38,860 Kiryas Joel $38,800 Albany $38,730 Medford $38,730 Kennewick $38,720 Sacramento $38,580 Ithaca $38,430 Yakima $38,180 Santa Cruz $38,120 San Luis Obispo $38,110 Oxnard $38,090 Santa Maria $38,090 Riverside $38,030 Buffalo $38,000 Yuba City $37,320 Kingston $37,280 Elmira $37,220 Modesto $36,930 Stockton $36,920 El Centro $36,860 Visalia $36,740 Bakersfield $36,730 Fresno $36,650 Glens Falls $36,650 Redding $36,410 Merced $36,390 Chico $36,360 Watertown $36,310 Rochester $36,250 Binghamton $36,230 Hanford $36,060 Atlantic City $35,990 Syracuse $35,910 Utica $35,550 Trenton $35,420 Miami $35,050 Chicago $34,930 Decatur $34,780 Naples $34,740 Vineland $34,580 Baltimore $34,480 Peoria $33,670 Rockford $33,480 Champaign $33,430 Lexington Park $33,340 Charlottesville $33,290 Crestview $33,110 Sarasota $33,030 Bloomington $32,930 Salisbury $32,880 Kankakee $32,810 Springfield $32,790 Tampa $32,730 Fort Myers $32,620 Palm Bay $32,490 Orlando $32,420 Richmond $32,330 Port St. Lucie $32,320 Punta Gorda $32,250 Dover $32,230 Jacksonville $32,210 Midland $32,010 Sebastian $31,970 Ann Arbor $31,940 Philadelphia $31,820 Gainesville $31,810 Pensacola $31,740 Detroit $31,710 Harrisonburg $31,630 Virginia Beach $31,550 Panama City $31,490 Wildwood $31,480 Allentown $31,460 Pittsburgh $31,250 Niles $31,230 Lakeland $31,210 Grand Rapids $31,160 Battle Creek $31,140 Homosassa Springs $31,030 Lynchburg $30,970 Roanoke $30,970 Deltona $30,940 Tallahassee $30,820 Traverse City $30,660 Harrisburg $30,560 Ocala $30,550 Hagerstown $30,530 Sebring $30,510 Winchester $30,370 Flint $30,260 Kalamazoo $30,200 Saginaw $30,150 Jackson $29,890 Monroe $29,890 Lansing $29,850 Bay City $29,390 York $29,330 Lancaster $29,120 Scranton $29,020 Austin $28,960 Williamsport $28,950 Muskegon $28,910 Chambersburg $28,710 Indianapolis $28,650 Dallas $28,570 State College $28,550 Lebanon $28,500 Louisville $28,490 Reading $28,150 Lexington $28,100 Kokomo $28,020 Midland $27,640 Gettysburg $27,510 Bloomington $27,480 Columbus $27,200 Sherman $27,160 Elkhart $27,140 Odessa $27,050 South Bend $27,030 Evansville $27,000 Wheeling $26,910 Weirton $26,900 Houston $26,840 Lafayette $26,780 Fort Wayne $26,660 Altoona $26,520 Michigan City $26,490 San Antonio $26,440 Waco $26,310 Terre Haute $26,030 Amarillo $25,990 College Station $25,990 Killeen $25,920 Paducah $25,780 Bowling Green $25,560 Owensboro $25,550 Tyler $25,550 Corpus Christi $25,390 Lubbock $25,390 Charleston $25,330 Erie $25,300 Parkersburg $25,300 Beckley $25,280 Longview $25,210 Muncie $25,200 Victoria $25,130 Abilene $25,070 Morgantown $25,030 Elizabethtown $24,800 Beaumont $24,780 Huntington $24,580 Wichita Falls $24,560 San Angelo $24,350 Laredo $24,250 Texarkana $24,220 El Paso $24,210 Johnstown $24,040 McAllen $23,640 Brownsville $23,340
CityMean salaryvs. Ithaca
Abilene, Texas$25,070-34.8%
Albany, Oregon$39,350+2.4%
Albany, New York$38,730+0.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$31,460-18.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$26,520-31.0%
Amarillo, Texas$25,990-32.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$31,940-16.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$35,990-6.3%
Austin, Texas$28,960-24.6%
Bakersfield, California$36,730-4.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$34,480-10.3%
Battle Creek, Michigan$31,140-19.0%
Bay City, Michigan$29,390-23.5%
Beaumont, Texas$24,780-35.5%
Beckley, West Virginia$25,280-34.2%
Bellingham, Washington$40,020+4.1%
Bend, Oregon$41,960+9.2%
Binghamton, New York$36,230-5.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$32,930-14.3%
Bloomington, Indiana$27,480-28.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$25,560-33.5%
Bremerton, Washington$41,680+8.5%
Brownsville, Texas$23,340-39.3%
Buffalo, New York$38,000-1.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$32,620-15.1%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$28,710-25.3%
Champaign, Illinois$33,430-13.0%
Charleston, West Virginia$25,330-34.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$33,290-13.4%
Chicago, Illinois$34,930-9.1%
Chico, California$36,360-5.4%
College Station, Texas$25,990-32.4%
Columbus, Indiana$27,200-29.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$25,390-33.9%
Crestview, Florida$33,110-13.8%
Dallas, Texas$28,570-25.7%
Decatur, Illinois$34,780-9.5%
Deltona, Florida$30,940-19.5%
Detroit, Michigan$31,710-17.5%
Dover, Delaware$32,230-16.1%
El Centro, California$36,860-4.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$24,800-35.5%
Elkhart, Indiana$27,140-29.4%
Elmira, New York$37,220-3.1%
El Paso, Texas$24,210-37.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$25,300-34.2%
Eugene, Oregon$41,100+6.9%
Evansville, Indiana$27,000-29.7%
Flint, Michigan$30,260-21.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$26,660-30.6%
Fresno, California$36,650-4.6%
Gainesville, Florida$31,810-17.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$27,510-28.4%
Glens Falls, New York$36,650-4.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$31,160-18.9%
Grants Pass, Oregon$41,740+8.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$30,530-20.6%
Hanford, California$36,060-6.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$30,560-20.5%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$31,630-17.7%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$31,030-19.3%
Houston, Texas$26,840-30.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$24,580-36.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$28,650-25.4%
Jackson, Michigan$29,890-22.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$32,210-16.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$24,040-37.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$30,200-21.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$32,810-14.6%
Kennewick, Washington$38,720+0.8%
Killeen, Texas$25,920-32.6%
Kingston, New York$37,280-3.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$38,800+1.0%
Kokomo, Indiana$28,020-27.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$26,780-30.3%
Lakeland, Florida$31,210-18.8%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$29,120-24.2%
Lansing, Michigan$29,850-22.3%
Laredo, Texas$24,250-36.9%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$28,500-25.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$28,100-26.9%
Lexington Park, Maryland$33,340-13.2%
Longview, Texas$25,210-34.4%
Longview, Washington$39,150+1.9%
Los Angeles, California$40,680+5.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$28,490-25.9%
Lubbock, Texas$25,390-33.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$30,970-19.4%
McAllen, Texas$23,640-38.5%
Medford, Oregon$38,730+0.8%
Merced, California$36,390-5.3%
Miami, Florida$35,050-8.8%
Michigan City, Indiana$26,490-31.1%
Midland, Michigan$32,010-16.7%
Midland, Texas$27,640-28.1%
Modesto, California$36,930-3.9%
Monroe, Michigan$29,890-22.2%
Morgantown, West Virginia$25,030-34.9%
Muncie, Indiana$25,200-34.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$28,910-24.8%
Napa, California$42,060+9.4%
Naples, Florida$34,740-9.6%
New York, New York$39,780+3.5%
Niles, Michigan$31,230-18.7%
Sarasota, Florida$33,030-14.1%
Ocala, Florida$30,550-20.5%
Odessa, Texas$27,050-29.6%
Olympia, Washington$39,190+2.0%
Orlando, Florida$32,420-15.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$25,550-33.5%
Oxnard, California$38,090-0.9%
Paducah, Kentucky$25,780-32.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$32,490-15.5%
Panama City, Florida$31,490-18.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$25,300-34.2%
Pensacola, Florida$31,740-17.4%
Peoria, Illinois$33,670-12.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$31,820-17.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$31,250-18.7%
Portland, Oregon$44,390+15.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$32,320-15.9%
Punta Gorda, Florida$32,250-16.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$28,150-26.7%
Redding, California$36,410-5.3%
Richmond, Virginia$32,330-15.9%
Riverside, California$38,030-1.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$30,970-19.4%
Rochester, New York$36,250-5.7%
Rockford, Illinois$33,480-12.9%
Sacramento, California$38,580+0.4%
Saginaw, Michigan$30,150-21.5%
Salem, Oregon$40,130+4.4%
Salinas, California$39,940+3.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$32,880-14.4%
San Angelo, Texas$24,350-36.6%
San Antonio, Texas$26,440-31.2%
San Diego, California$39,060+1.6%
San Francisco, California$42,510+10.6%
San Jose, California$44,080+14.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$38,110-0.8%
Santa Cruz, California$38,120-0.8%
Santa Maria, California$38,090-0.9%
Santa Rosa, California$39,560+2.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$29,020-24.5%
Seattle, Washington$43,620+13.5%
Sebastian, Florida$31,970-16.8%
Sebring, Florida$30,510-20.6%
Sherman, Texas$27,160-29.3%
South Bend, Indiana$27,030-29.7%
Spokane, Washington$39,120+1.8%
Springfield, Illinois$32,790-14.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$28,550-25.7%
Stockton, California$36,920-3.9%
Syracuse, New York$35,910-6.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$30,820-19.8%
Tampa, Florida$32,730-14.8%
Terre Haute, Indiana$26,030-32.3%
Texarkana, Texas$24,220-37.0%
Traverse City, Michigan$30,660-20.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$35,420-7.8%
Tyler, Texas$25,550-33.5%
Utica, New York$35,550-7.5%
Vallejo, California$38,860+1.1%
Victoria, Texas$25,130-34.6%
Vineland, New Jersey$34,580-10.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$31,550-17.9%
Visalia, California$36,740-4.4%
Waco, Texas$26,310-31.5%
Walla Walla, Washington$38,940+1.3%
Watertown, New York$36,310-5.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$26,900-30.0%
Wenatchee, Washington$39,930+3.9%
Wheeling, West Virginia$26,910-30.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$24,560-36.1%
Wildwood, Florida$31,480-18.1%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$28,950-24.7%
Winchester, Virginia$30,370-21.0%
Yakima, Washington$38,180-0.7%
York, Pennsylvania$29,330-23.7%
Yuba City, California$37,320-2.9%
Gross salary
38,430/yr
Estimated take-home
31,550/yr
Est. total withheld
17.9%

Single filer, federal + New York state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 35-9031 SOC code
Official area Ithaca, NY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 27060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ny_dtf_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
102,879