Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.

WAGES FOR BARTENDERS
1995-97





Areas for which
Data are Available
  Year   Entry Level:
No Experience
Experienced:
New to Firm
Experienced:
3 Years with Firm
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)





Butte  1997 $5.00- 7.50 ($5.00) $5.00- 7.50 ($5.00) $5.00- 9.00 ($5.50)
Golden Sierra  1996 $4.20- 6.00 ($5.00) $4.20- 7.00 ($5.20) $5.20- 9.00 ($7.00)
Mendocino  1995 $4.20- 7.50 ($7.50) $4.50- 7.50 ($6.00) $5.00- 9.50 ($7.30)
Monterey  1995 $5.00-27.00 ($7.20) $6.00-32.00 ($8.80) $6.00-32.00 ($10.00)
San Joaquin  1997 $5.10- 7.00 ($5.10) $5.10- 8.00 ($5.70) $5.10- 8.00 ($6.50)





  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


WAGES FOR BARTENDERS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Bakersfield (Kern) $5.72 $5.49 $5.12-6.39
Chico-Paradise (Butte) $5.59 $5.44 $5.10-6.01
Fresno (Fresno) $6.82 $6.74 $5.76-7.73
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$6.75 $5.69 $5.22-7.79
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $7.38 $6.74 $5.44-8.58
Orange County $6.97 $6.50 $5.39-8.25
Redding (Shasta) $6.90 $6.87 $5.69-8.06
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$6.33 $5.76 $5.25-7.52
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$6.54 $6.22 $5.36-7.51
Salinas (Monterey) $7.38 $7.07 $5.80-8.34
San Diego (San Diego) $6.13 $5.68 $5.21-7.22
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$7.62 $6.74 $5.50-8.23
San Jose (Santa Clara) $7.13 $7.03 $6.12-7.93
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles
(San Luis Obispo)
$5.77 $5.53 $5.14-6.60
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
(Santa Barbara)
$6.61 $6.10 $5.32-7.62
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz) $7.07 $7.07 $6.36-7.79
Santa Rosa (Sonoma) $6.95 $6.97 $6.18-7.75
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano) $6.64 $6.64 $5.61-7.69
Ventura County $6.45 $6.39 $5.45-7.52




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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