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Hosts And Hostesses

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of hosts and hostesses working in the US is about 351,000. Unemployment for this career is very high compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 64% of employees work only part of the time.

Training and Education

Many employers require short-term on-the-job training from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 17% of workers. People with some college experience but no degree make up 33% of employees. The highest level of education for for 51% of hosts and hostesses was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), Brunswick (Georgia), and Flagstaff (Arizona), and comparatively fewer in Lebanon (Pennsylvania), Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Waterbury (Connecticut).

The earning potential for employees appears to be highest in New York (New York), San Francisco (California), and New Bedford (Massachusetts), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Florence (Alabama), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Houma (Louisiana).

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Hosts And Hostesses: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Hosts And Hostesses, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Hosts And Hostesses are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Hosts And Hostesses are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston140$16,3301.2
AlabamaAuburn200$15,7201.9
AlabamaBirmingham1,160$16,9000.8
AlabamaDecatur80$15,6700.6
AlabamaDothan120$15,4500.8
AlabamaFlorence230$14,5201.9
AlabamaGadsden130$15,0401.7
AlabamaHuntsville400$15,7700.7
AlabamaMobile330$15,3200.7
AlabamaMontgomery420$15,4400.9
AlabamaTuscaloosa270$15,4901.2
AlaskaAnchorage330$19,4400.8
AlaskaFairbanks90$19,5601.2
ArizonaFlagstaff410$16,790 3
ArizonaKingman180$17,1801.4
ArizonaPhoenix6,880$17,9401.3
ArizonaPrescott230$16,9401.5
ArizonaTucson1,340$17,4301.3
ArizonaYuma140$16,2700.9
ArkansasFayetteville480$16,9800.9
ArkansasFort Smith180$17,2000.6
ArkansasHot Springs120$16,2201.4
ArkansasJonesboro110$15,9100.9
ArkansasLittle Rock760$16,6500.8
CaliforniaBakersfield580$18,1200.8
CaliforniaChico240$17,7601.4
CaliforniaEl Centro100$18,3600.8
CaliforniaFresno720$19,0400.8
CaliforniaHanford60$18,1700.9
CaliforniaMadera60$17,7600.7
CaliforniaMerced130$18,2400.9
CaliforniaModesto370$18,1700.8
CaliforniaNapa210$20,4701.3
CaliforniaOakland2,220$20,2900.8
CaliforniaOxnard890$18,5501.1
CaliforniaRedding240$18,1201.5
CaliforniaRiverside3,760$19,1101.1
CaliforniaSacramento2,480$19,8601
CaliforniaSalinas470$19,9401.1
CaliforniaSan Diego4,690$19,2501.3
CaliforniaSan Francisco2,780$23,9501
CaliforniaSan Jose1,830$19,8700.7
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo380$20,7301.5
CaliforniaSanta Ana6,550$19,0101.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara680$19,7101.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz300$19,2901.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa530$19,8301.1
CaliforniaStockton540$17,7300.9
CaliforniaVallejo430$18,3401.3
CaliforniaVisalia230$18,1100.7
CaliforniaYuba City110$17,9301.2
ColoradoBoulder790$19,2401.8
ColoradoColorado Springs980$18,1001.4
ColoradoDenver4,580$18,3501.3
ColoradoFort Collins600$18,4901.9
ColoradoGrand Junction240$22,7601.7
ColoradoGreeley210$16,6101.1
ColoradoPueblo150$16,7001.1
ConnecticutBridgeport490$20,3400.4
ConnecticutDanbury110$20,1700.6
ConnecticutHartford1,020$22,6000.6
ConnecticutNew Haven420$21,8200.6
ConnecticutNorwich580$20,9501.8
ConnecticutWaterbury40$23,1100.2
DelawareDover150$19,0501.1
DelawareWilmington1,010$18,5601.1
District of ColumbiaWashington5,730$20,4100.9
FloridaCape Coral710$18,6601.3
FloridaDeltona480$18,0501.2
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,500$18,2101.2
FloridaFort Walton Beach430$17,570 2.3
FloridaGainesville380$18,7801.3
FloridaJacksonville1,540$17,5600.9
FloridaLakeland550$16,8701.1
FloridaMiami2,130$20,0800.8
FloridaNaples600$19,2401.9
FloridaOcala150$17,1300.6
FloridaOrlando3,930$19,7201.3
FloridaPalm Bay840$18,6601.6
FloridaPalm Coast30$19,4001.1
FloridaPanama City480$16,510 2.8
FloridaPensacola730$16,8101.9
FloridaPort St Lucie580$16,4001.7
FloridaPunta Gorda190$19,150 2
FloridaSarasota990$17,6801.4
FloridaSebastian220$18,6001.9
FloridaTallahassee550$16,6001.3
FloridaTampa3,880$18,7401.1
FloridaWest Palm Beach2,240$21,6401.5
GeorgiaAthens440$16,480 2.3
GeorgiaAtlanta7,230$18,0901.1
GeorgiaAugusta600$15,0101.1
GeorgiaBrunswick310$15,800 3.1
GeorgiaColumbus300$16,6501.1
GeorgiaDalton140$15,9200.7
GeorgiaMacon240$16,8100.9
GeorgiaRome120$16,8601.4
GeorgiaSavannah480$17,6301.2
GeorgiaValdosta280$14,780 2.1
GeorgiaWarner Robins210$14,5201.7
HawaiiHonolulu1,200$20,9701
IdahoBoise720$16,0801
IdahoCoeur Dalene220$16,7701.6
IdahoIdaho Falls180$16,2101.6
IdahoLewiston50$20,5701
IdahoPocatello80$16,8001.2
IllinoisBloomington420$17,860 2.4
IllinoisChampaign200$18,4400.8
IllinoisChicago8,810$20,0500.8
IllinoisDanville90$18,2301.6
IllinoisDecatur80$17,4800.7
IllinoisKankakee120$18,0001.4
IllinoisPeoria470$18,9001
IllinoisRockford220$18,4200.5
IllinoisSpringfield260$17,4201
IndianaAnderson100$16,8501.1
IndianaBloomington220$16,1701.3
IndianaColumbus70$17,1100.7
IndianaElkhart190$15,7500.6
IndianaEvansville390$17,0000.8
IndianaFort Wayne640$16,2801.1
IndianaGary670$16,7700.9
IndianaIndianapolis2,610$17,6201
IndianaKokomo140$16,0901.7
IndianaLafayette340$15,9701.8
IndianaMichigan City120$15,4201.2
IndianaMuncie120$14,6701.1
IndianaSouth Bend650$17,0301.8
IndianaTerre Haute190$16,4601.1
IowaAmes130$18,9701.5
IowaCedar Rapids310$17,5000.9
IowaDavenport380$17,7000.8
IowaDes Moines930$17,0801
IowaDubuque160$17,0401.3
IowaIowa City260$17,1501.4
IowaSioux City130$17,2600.7
IowaWaterloo170$16,9700.8
KansasLawrence200$16,0901.8
KansasTopeka170$15,8000.6
KansasWichita610$15,9500.7
KentuckyBowling Green200$15,8601.4
KentuckyElizabethtown160$14,9201.5
KentuckyLexington940$16,8601.4
KentuckyLouisville1,760$16,5701
KentuckyOwensboro240$15,070 2.1
LouisianaAlexandria120$15,0100.8
LouisianaBaton Rouge920$15,5500.9
LouisianaHouma210$14,5300.9
LouisianaLafayette410$15,7201.1
LouisianaLake Charles220$17,4201
LouisianaMonroe220$15,4901.1
LouisianaNew Orleans1,530$17,0101.1
LouisianaShreveport520$15,5101.1
MaineBangor150$18,0400.9
MaineLewiston60$19,3500.5
MainePortland440$20,5300.8
MarylandBaltimore3,520$18,7001
MarylandBethesda1,370$18,4800.9
MarylandCumberland50$17,4800.6
MarylandHagerstown290$16,9201.1
MarylandSalisbury220$16,3401.7
MassachusettsBarnstable Town300$24,6301.2
MassachusettsBoston4,290$22,9700.9
MassachusettsBrockton170$20,9500.7
MassachusettsFramingham480$21,5301.1
MassachusettsHaverhill270$20,6801.4
MassachusettsLawrence190$21,4801.4
MassachusettsLeominster160$20,8901.3
MassachusettsLowell260$21,4600.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford130$22,5900.8
MassachusettsPittsfield80$18,6801
MassachusettsSpringfield700$20,4000.9
MassachusettsTaunton90$19,8200.8
MassachusettsWorcester580$22,3400.9
MichiganAnn Arbor420$18,7501
MichiganBay City40$16,8100.5
MichiganDetroit2,050$18,5201
MichiganFlint560$17,0301.6
MichiganGrand Rapids870$17,7400.8
MichiganHolland440$16,9701.7
MichiganJackson130$17,9101
MichiganKalamazoo330$17,0100.9
MichiganLansing580$17,5401.1
MichiganMonroe180$18,4901.9
MichiganNiles110$17,4200.7
MichiganSaginaw250$18,5301.3
MichiganWarren3,010$18,4100.9
MinnesotaDuluth380$16,9401.1
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,850$18,5701
MinnesotaRochester250$18,2501.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud330$16,2901.3
MississippiGulfport510$17,2401.8
MississippiHattiesburg240$14,7001.7
MississippiJackson510$16,4100.7
MissouriColumbia330$16,5801.6
MissouriJefferson City100$16,6500.6
MissouriJoplin150$17,0700.7
MissouriKansas City3,040$17,1201.1
MissouriSpringfield440$16,3800.8
MissouriSt Joseph160$17,8501.3
MissouriSt Louis3,000$17,3600.8
MontanaBillings370$16,2101.8
MontanaMissoula110$16,2400.9
NebraskaLincoln480$16,2501.1
NebraskaOmaha1,280$16,9001
NevadaCarson City60$16,3301
NevadaLas Vegas4,320$23,1701.7
NevadaReno730$17,9001.3
New HampshireManchester270$19,7101
New HampshireNashua270$19,9600.7
New HampshirePortsmouth200$21,1301.4
New HampshireRochester210$20,1001.5
New JerseyAtlantic City710$21,8901.8
New JerseyCamden1,170$19,6300.8
New JerseyEdison2,050$19,6500.7
New JerseyNewark1,590$20,6500.6
New JerseyOcean City180$20,6601.8
New JerseyTrenton270$19,6600.5
New JerseyVineland70$19,1700.5
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,100$16,7501
New MexicoFarmington60$16,1000.5
New MexicoLas Cruces230$15,1701.5
New MexicoSanta Fe230$21,3401.5
New YorkAlbany620$18,4400.5
New YorkBinghamton250$17,0500.9
New YorkBuffalo1,070$18,2700.7
New YorkElmira190$19,690 2.3
New YorkGlens Falls120$19,5900.9
New YorkIthaca80$18,7500.8
New YorkKingston110 0.8
New YorkNassau1,670$22,2700.5
New YorkNew York8,840$25,9700.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie570$19,1500.9
New YorkRochester1,020$19,5900.7
New YorkSyracuse510$17,8900.6
New YorkUtica190$21,0500.6
North CarolinaAsheville790$16,8701.7
North CarolinaBurlington220$16,0001.5
North CarolinaCharlotte2,450$16,7701
North CarolinaDurham680$16,5600.9
North CarolinaFayetteville380$16,1201.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro90$15,3001
North CarolinaGreensboro900$16,6500.9
North CarolinaGreenville240$17,0301.3
North CarolinaHickory330$16,6200.8
North CarolinaJacksonville170$15,4101.8
North CarolinaRaleigh1,820$16,9801.3
North CarolinaRocky Mount160$15,5201.1
North CarolinaWilmington630$17,1601.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem650$16,4201.1
North DakotaBismarck220$15,7201.6
North DakotaFargo520$15,9701.7
North DakotaGrand Forks140$15,6801.2
OhioAkron970$17,4101
OhioCanton460$17,5101
OhioCincinnati3,210$17,8201.1
OhioCleveland3,150$17,6301.1
OhioColumbus3,310$17,4701.3
OhioDayton1,160$17,2801.1
OhioLima100$17,0000.8
OhioMansfield170$16,4001.3
OhioSandusky130$16,9601.6
OhioSpringfield100$16,5600.9
OhioToledo840$16,9101
OhioYoungstown690$17,2801.1
OklahomaLawton190$14,290 2.2
OklahomaOklahoma City1,760$15,5501.1
OklahomaTulsa1,150$16,2901
OregonBend320$19,2001.9
OregonEugene300$18,7800.8
OregonMedford210$18,9501
OregonPortland2,270$19,7100.8
OregonSalem390$19,4601
PennsylvaniaAllentown730$19,6800.8
PennsylvaniaAltoona200$17,6701.4
PennsylvaniaErie440$18,9601.3
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg820$18,6200.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown120$18,4300.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster730$18,0901.1
PennsylvaniaLebanon50$18,9400.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,240$21,6900.8
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,820$19,7901.2
PennsylvaniaReading540$18,5801.2
PennsylvaniaScranton700$18,4501
PennsylvaniaState College200$22,6901.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport90$16,9000.7
PennsylvaniaYork480$19,8201
Rhode IslandProvidence1,710$20,5201.1
South CarolinaAnderson280$15,0301.9
South CarolinaCharleston1,060$16,7801.3
South CarolinaColumbia1,000$15,8301
South CarolinaFlorence130$15,0100.6
South CarolinaGreenville690$17,1500.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1,010$17,230 3.3
South CarolinaSpartanburg370$17,8101.2
South CarolinaSumter110$16,0301.4
South DakotaRapid City190$17,4101.2
South DakotaSioux Falls270$18,4700.7
TennesseeChattanooga560$16,9400.9
TennesseeClarksville260$16,3001.4
TennesseeCleveland110$16,4401.3
TennesseeJackson150$15,3101.1
TennesseeJohnson City280$16,1501.5
TennesseeKingsport320$15,3501.1
TennesseeKnoxville1,210$16,6701.3
TennesseeMemphis1,730$18,5801
TennesseeMorristown90$15,9300.8
TennesseeNashville2,930$17,1901.4
TexasAbilene120$15,3600.8
TexasAmarillo520$16,420 2
TexasAustin2,420$17,7601.1
TexasBeaumont280$15,5700.7
TexasBrownsville240$14,5100.7
TexasCollege Station190$15,3901
TexasCorpus Christi410$15,7900.9
TexasDallas6,150$17,0701
TexasEl Paso710$14,8201
TexasFort Worth2,540$15,8601.1
TexasHouston5,840$16,7200.8
TexasKilleen210$15,2500.7
TexasLaredo210$14,8401
TexasLongview110$15,2300.5
TexasLubbock360$15,2601.1
TexasMcallen330$15,4400.6
TexasMidland110 0.7
TexasOdessa170$15,7401.2
TexasSan Angelo180$15,8501.9
TexasSan Antonio2,590$15,6801.1
TexasSherman90$16,4001
TexasTexarkana190$15,5701.4
TexasTyler280$16,1801.2
TexasVictoria100$15,7500.9
TexasWaco210$16,0500.8
TexasWichita Falls120$15,5800.9
UtahOgden510$15,8101
UtahProvo390$15,9200.9
UtahSalt Lake City1,710$18,3601
UtahSt George220$17,7901.9
VermontBurlington240$21,0600.8
VirginiaBlacksburg240$16,4301.6
VirginiaCharlottesville220$17,7100.9
VirginiaDanville140$14,9401.7
VirginiaHarrisonburg260$16,7502
VirginiaLynchburg240$15,4600.9
VirginiaRichmond1,390$17,0400.8
VirginiaRoanoke280$17,7500.7
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,200$17,6301
VirginiaWinchester140$16,9101.1
WashingtonBellingham150$19,4900.7
WashingtonBremerton230$19,7601.1
WashingtonKennewick180$18,8300.8
WashingtonLongview70$19,0600.9
WashingtonMount Vernon100$19,6000.9
WashingtonOlympia300$19,3901.3
WashingtonSeattle4,530$20,9401.1
WashingtonSpokane360$19,1200.6
WashingtonTacoma630$19,7600.9
WashingtonWenatchee50$19,1500.5
WashingtonYakima140$19,9100.7
West VirginiaCharleston240$16,3100.6
West VirginiaHuntington430$16,7401.5
West VirginiaMorgantown190$16,4501.7
West VirginiaParkersburg110$16,0400.6
West VirginiaWeirton70$18,0400.7
West VirginiaWheeling200$16,1601.3
WisconsinAppleton320$16,3401.1
WisconsinEau Claire260$17,0901.3
WisconsinFond70$19,2100.7
WisconsinGreen Bay350$18,0700.8
WisconsinJanesville240$17,5101.5
WisconsinLa Crosse160$17,5700.9
WisconsinMadison1,040$19,1901.1
WisconsinMilwaukee1,840$19,0900.8
WisconsinOshkosh110$18,6200.5
WisconsinRacine100$17,2900.5
WisconsinSheboygan70$17,2900.5
WisconsinWausau100$17,7400.6
WyomingCasper120$16,1001.3
WyomingCheyenne130$15,2001.3
 

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