# Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

> Facilitate food service. Clean tables; remove dirty dishes; replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food; and serve items such as water, condiments, and coffee to patrons.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/dining-room-and-cafeteria-attendants-and-bartender-helpers
- SOC code: 35-9011.00
- Career family: Food service
- Median annual pay: $33,980 (10th percentile $21,300, 90th percentile $46,570)
- Projected growth: Faster than average, +5.3%
- Openings a year: 95,300
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: yes
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCS)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 77 |
| Investigative (I) | 0 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 44 |
| Enterprising (E) | 21 |
| Conventional (C) | 60 |

## What you'd do

- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 73/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 72/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 68/100)
- Getting Information (importance 60/100)
- Assisting and Caring for Others (importance 59/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 57/100)
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others (importance 57/100)
- Developing and Building Teams (importance 54/100)
- Scheduling Work and Activities (importance 53/100)
- Training and Teaching Others (importance 53/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Coordination, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Management of Personnel Resources

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Food Production, Sales and Marketing, Administration and Management, Personnel and Human Resources, Public Safety and Security, Production and Processing, Education and Training, Psychology

## Also called

Banquet Houseperson, Banquet Set Up Person, Bar Attendant, Bar Back, Barback, Barmaid, Bartender Helper, Beverage Server, Breakfast Attendant, Breakfast Bar Attendant

## Related careers

- [Food Servers, Nonrestaurant](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/food-servers-nonrestaurant): $35,360 median pay
- [Fast Food and Counter Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-workers): $31,200 median pay
- [Waiters and Waitresses](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/waiters-and-waitresses): $35,230 median pay
- [Food Preparation Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/food-preparation-workers): $35,320 median pay
- [Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/hosts-and-hostesses-restaurant-lounge-and-coffee-shop): $31,200 median pay
- [Baristas](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/baristas): $31,200 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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