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Hosts And Hostesses
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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 140 $16,330 1.2 Alabama Auburn 200 $15,720 1.9 Alabama Birmingham 1,160 $16,900 0.8 Alabama Decatur 80 $15,670 0.6 Alabama Dothan 120 $15,450 0.8 Alabama Florence 230 $14,520 1.9 Alabama Gadsden 130 $15,040 1.7 Alabama Huntsville 400 $15,770 0.7 Alabama Mobile 330 $15,320 0.7 Alabama Montgomery 420 $15,440 0.9 Alabama Tuscaloosa 270 $15,490 1.2 Alaska Anchorage 330 $19,440 0.8 Alaska Fairbanks 90 $19,560 1.2 Arizona Flagstaff 410 $16,790 3Arizona Kingman 180 $17,180 1.4 Arizona Phoenix 6,880 $17,940 1.3 Arizona Prescott 230 $16,940 1.5 Arizona Tucson 1,340 $17,430 1.3 Arizona Yuma 140 $16,270 0.9 Arkansas Fayetteville 480 $16,980 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 180 $17,200 0.6 Arkansas Hot Springs 120 $16,220 1.4 Arkansas Jonesboro 110 $15,910 0.9 Arkansas Little Rock 760 $16,650 0.8 California Bakersfield 580 $18,120 0.8 California Chico 240 $17,760 1.4 California El Centro 100 $18,360 0.8 California Fresno 720 $19,040 0.8 California Hanford 60 $18,170 0.9 California Madera 60 $17,760 0.7 California Merced 130 $18,240 0.9 California Modesto 370 $18,170 0.8 California Napa 210 $20,470 1.3 California Oakland 2,220 $20,290 0.8 California Oxnard 890 $18,550 1.1 California Redding 240 $18,120 1.5 California Riverside 3,760 $19,110 1.1 California Sacramento 2,480 $19,860 1 California Salinas 470 $19,940 1.1 California San Diego 4,690 $19,250 1.3 California San Francisco 2,780 $23,950 1 California San Jose 1,830 $19,870 0.7 California San Luis Obispo 380 $20,730 1.5 California Santa Ana 6,550 $19,010 1.5 California Santa Barbara 680 $19,710 1.5 California Santa Cruz 300 $19,290 1.3 California Santa Rosa 530 $19,830 1.1 California Stockton 540 $17,730 0.9 California Vallejo 430 $18,340 1.3 California Visalia 230 $18,110 0.7 California Yuba City 110 $17,930 1.2 Colorado Boulder 790 $19,240 1.8 Colorado Colorado Springs 980 $18,100 1.4 Colorado Denver 4,580 $18,350 1.3 Colorado Fort Collins 600 $18,490 1.9 Colorado Grand Junction 240 $22,760 1.7 Colorado Greeley 210 $16,610 1.1 Colorado Pueblo 150 $16,700 1.1 Connecticut Bridgeport 490 $20,340 0.4 Connecticut Danbury 110 $20,170 0.6 Connecticut Hartford 1,020 $22,600 0.6 Connecticut New Haven 420 $21,820 0.6 Connecticut Norwich 580 $20,950 1.8 Connecticut Waterbury 40 $23,110 0.2 Delaware Dover 150 $19,050 1.1 Delaware Wilmington 1,010 $18,560 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 5,730 $20,410 0.9 Florida Cape Coral 710 $18,660 1.3 Florida Deltona 480 $18,050 1.2 Florida Fort Lauderdale 2,500 $18,210 1.2 Florida Fort Walton Beach 430 $17,570 2.3Florida Gainesville 380 $18,780 1.3 Florida Jacksonville 1,540 $17,560 0.9 Florida Lakeland 550 $16,870 1.1 Florida Miami 2,130 $20,080 0.8 Florida Naples 600 $19,240 1.9 Florida Ocala 150 $17,130 0.6 Florida Orlando 3,930 $19,720 1.3 Florida Palm Bay 840 $18,660 1.6 Florida Palm Coast 30 $19,400 1.1 Florida Panama City 480 $16,510 2.8Florida Pensacola 730 $16,810 1.9 Florida Port St Lucie 580 $16,400 1.7 Florida Punta Gorda 190 $19,150 2Florida Sarasota 990 $17,680 1.4 Florida Sebastian 220 $18,600 1.9 Florida Tallahassee 550 $16,600 1.3 Florida Tampa 3,880 $18,740 1.1 Florida West Palm Beach 2,240 $21,640 1.5 Georgia Athens 440 $16,480 2.3Georgia Atlanta 7,230 $18,090 1.1 Georgia Augusta 600 $15,010 1.1 Georgia Brunswick 310 $15,800 3.1Georgia Columbus 300 $16,650 1.1 Georgia Dalton 140 $15,920 0.7 Georgia Macon 240 $16,810 0.9 Georgia Rome 120 $16,860 1.4 Georgia Savannah 480 $17,630 1.2 Georgia Valdosta 280 $14,780 2.1Georgia Warner Robins 210 $14,520 1.7 Hawaii Honolulu 1,200 $20,970 1 Idaho Boise 720 $16,080 1 Idaho Coeur Dalene 220 $16,770 1.6 Idaho Idaho Falls 180 $16,210 1.6 Idaho Lewiston 50 $20,570 1 Idaho Pocatello 80 $16,800 1.2 Illinois Bloomington 420 $17,860 2.4Illinois Champaign 200 $18,440 0.8 Illinois Chicago 8,810 $20,050 0.8 Illinois Danville 90 $18,230 1.6 Illinois Decatur 80 $17,480 0.7 Illinois Kankakee 120 $18,000 1.4 Illinois Peoria 470 $18,900 1 Illinois Rockford 220 $18,420 0.5 Illinois Springfield 260 $17,420 1 Indiana Anderson 100 $16,850 1.1 Indiana Bloomington 220 $16,170 1.3 Indiana Columbus 70 $17,110 0.7 Indiana Elkhart 190 $15,750 0.6 Indiana Evansville 390 $17,000 0.8 Indiana Fort Wayne 640 $16,280 1.1 Indiana Gary 670 $16,770 0.9 Indiana Indianapolis 2,610 $17,620 1 Indiana Kokomo 140 $16,090 1.7 Indiana Lafayette 340 $15,970 1.8 Indiana Michigan City 120 $15,420 1.2 Indiana Muncie 120 $14,670 1.1 Indiana South Bend 650 $17,030 1.8 Indiana Terre Haute 190 $16,460 1.1 Iowa Ames 130 $18,970 1.5 Iowa Cedar Rapids 310 $17,500 0.9 Iowa Davenport 380 $17,700 0.8 Iowa Des Moines 930 $17,080 1 Iowa Dubuque 160 $17,040 1.3 Iowa Iowa City 260 $17,150 1.4 Iowa Sioux City 130 $17,260 0.7 Iowa Waterloo 170 $16,970 0.8 Kansas Lawrence 200 $16,090 1.8 Kansas Topeka 170 $15,800 0.6 Kansas Wichita 610 $15,950 0.7 Kentucky Bowling Green 200 $15,860 1.4 Kentucky Elizabethtown 160 $14,920 1.5 Kentucky Lexington 940 $16,860 1.4 Kentucky Louisville 1,760 $16,570 1 Kentucky Owensboro 240 $15,070 2.1Louisiana Alexandria 120 $15,010 0.8 Louisiana Baton Rouge 920 $15,550 0.9 Louisiana Houma 210 $14,530 0.9 Louisiana Lafayette 410 $15,720 1.1 Louisiana Lake Charles 220 $17,420 1 Louisiana Monroe 220 $15,490 1.1 Louisiana New Orleans 1,530 $17,010 1.1 Louisiana Shreveport 520 $15,510 1.1 Maine Bangor 150 $18,040 0.9 Maine Lewiston 60 $19,350 0.5 Maine Portland 440 $20,530 0.8 Maryland Baltimore 3,520 $18,700 1 Maryland Bethesda 1,370 $18,480 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 50 $17,480 0.6 Maryland Hagerstown 290 $16,920 1.1 Maryland Salisbury 220 $16,340 1.7 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 300 $24,630 1.2 Massachusetts Boston 4,290 $22,970 0.9 Massachusetts Brockton 170 $20,950 0.7 Massachusetts Framingham 480 $21,530 1.1 Massachusetts Haverhill 270 $20,680 1.4 Massachusetts Lawrence 190 $21,480 1.4 Massachusetts Leominster 160 $20,890 1.3 Massachusetts Lowell 260 $21,460 0.8 Massachusetts New Bedford 130 $22,590 0.8 Massachusetts Pittsfield 80 $18,680 1 Massachusetts Springfield 700 $20,400 0.9 Massachusetts Taunton 90 $19,820 0.8 Massachusetts Worcester 580 $22,340 0.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 420 $18,750 1 Michigan Bay City 40 $16,810 0.5 Michigan Detroit 2,050 $18,520 1 Michigan Flint 560 $17,030 1.6 Michigan Grand Rapids 870 $17,740 0.8 Michigan Holland 440 $16,970 1.7 Michigan Jackson 130 $17,910 1 Michigan Kalamazoo 330 $17,010 0.9 Michigan Lansing 580 $17,540 1.1 Michigan Monroe 180 $18,490 1.9 Michigan Niles 110 $17,420 0.7 Michigan Saginaw 250 $18,530 1.3 Michigan Warren 3,010 $18,410 0.9 Minnesota Duluth 380 $16,940 1.1 Minnesota Minneapolis 4,850 $18,570 1 Minnesota Rochester 250 $18,250 1.1 Minnesota St Cloud 330 $16,290 1.3 Mississippi Gulfport 510 $17,240 1.8 Mississippi Hattiesburg 240 $14,700 1.7 Mississippi Jackson 510 $16,410 0.7 Missouri Columbia 330 $16,580 1.6 Missouri Jefferson City 100 $16,650 0.6 Missouri Joplin 150 $17,070 0.7 Missouri Kansas City 3,040 $17,120 1.1 Missouri Springfield 440 $16,380 0.8 Missouri St Joseph 160 $17,850 1.3 Missouri St Louis 3,000 $17,360 0.8 Montana Billings 370 $16,210 1.8 Montana Missoula 110 $16,240 0.9 Nebraska Lincoln 480 $16,250 1.1 Nebraska Omaha 1,280 $16,900 1 Nevada Carson City 60 $16,330 1 Nevada Las Vegas 4,320 $23,170 1.7 Nevada Reno 730 $17,900 1.3 New Hampshire Manchester 270 $19,710 1 New Hampshire Nashua 270 $19,960 0.7 New Hampshire Portsmouth 200 $21,130 1.4 New Hampshire Rochester 210 $20,100 1.5 New Jersey Atlantic City 710 $21,890 1.8 New Jersey Camden 1,170 $19,630 0.8 New Jersey Edison 2,050 $19,650 0.7 New Jersey Newark 1,590 $20,650 0.6 New Jersey Ocean City 180 $20,660 1.8 New Jersey Trenton 270 $19,660 0.5 New Jersey Vineland 70 $19,170 0.5 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,100 $16,750 1 New Mexico Farmington 60 $16,100 0.5 New Mexico Las Cruces 230 $15,170 1.5 New Mexico Santa Fe 230 $21,340 1.5 New York Albany 620 $18,440 0.5 New York Binghamton 250 $17,050 0.9 New York Buffalo 1,070 $18,270 0.7 New York Elmira 190 $19,690 2.3New York Glens Falls 120 $19,590 0.9 New York Ithaca 80 $18,750 0.8 New York Kingston 110 0.8 New York Nassau 1,670 $22,270 0.5 New York New York 8,840 $25,970 0.6 New York Poughkeepsie 570 $19,150 0.9 New York Rochester 1,020 $19,590 0.7 New York Syracuse 510 $17,890 0.6 New York Utica 190 $21,050 0.6 North Carolina Asheville 790 $16,870 1.7 North Carolina Burlington 220 $16,000 1.5 North Carolina Charlotte 2,450 $16,770 1 North Carolina Durham 680 $16,560 0.9 North Carolina Fayetteville 380 $16,120 1.2 North Carolina Goldsboro 90 $15,300 1 North Carolina Greensboro 900 $16,650 0.9 North Carolina Greenville 240 $17,030 1.3 North Carolina Hickory 330 $16,620 0.8 North Carolina Jacksonville 170 $15,410 1.8 North Carolina Raleigh 1,820 $16,980 1.3 North Carolina Rocky Mount 160 $15,520 1.1 North Carolina Wilmington 630 $17,160 1.7 North Carolina Winston Salem 650 $16,420 1.1 North Dakota Bismarck 220 $15,720 1.6 North Dakota Fargo 520 $15,970 1.7 North Dakota Grand Forks 140 $15,680 1.2 Ohio Akron 970 $17,410 1 Ohio Canton 460 $17,510 1 Ohio Cincinnati 3,210 $17,820 1.1 Ohio Cleveland 3,150 $17,630 1.1 Ohio Columbus 3,310 $17,470 1.3 Ohio Dayton 1,160 $17,280 1.1 Ohio Lima 100 $17,000 0.8 Ohio Mansfield 170 $16,400 1.3 Ohio Sandusky 130 $16,960 1.6 Ohio Springfield 100 $16,560 0.9 Ohio Toledo 840 $16,910 1 Ohio Youngstown 690 $17,280 1.1 Oklahoma Lawton 190 $14,290 2.2Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,760 $15,550 1.1 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,150 $16,290 1 Oregon Bend 320 $19,200 1.9 Oregon Eugene 300 $18,780 0.8 Oregon Medford 210 $18,950 1 Oregon Portland 2,270 $19,710 0.8 Oregon Salem 390 $19,460 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 730 $19,680 0.8 Pennsylvania Altoona 200 $17,670 1.4 Pennsylvania Erie 440 $18,960 1.3 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 820 $18,620 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 120 $18,430 0.9 Pennsylvania Lancaster 730 $18,090 1.1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 50 $18,940 0.5 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,240 $21,690 0.8 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 3,820 $19,790 1.2 Pennsylvania Reading 540 $18,580 1.2 Pennsylvania Scranton 700 $18,450 1 Pennsylvania State College 200 $22,690 1.5 Pennsylvania Williamsport 90 $16,900 0.7 Pennsylvania York 480 $19,820 1 Rhode Island Providence 1,710 $20,520 1.1 South Carolina Anderson 280 $15,030 1.9 South Carolina Charleston 1,060 $16,780 1.3 South Carolina Columbia 1,000 $15,830 1 South Carolina Florence 130 $15,010 0.6 South Carolina Greenville 690 $17,150 0.8 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 1,010 $17,230 3.3South Carolina Spartanburg 370 $17,810 1.2 South Carolina Sumter 110 $16,030 1.4 South Dakota Rapid City 190 $17,410 1.2 South Dakota Sioux Falls 270 $18,470 0.7 Tennessee Chattanooga 560 $16,940 0.9 Tennessee Clarksville 260 $16,300 1.4 Tennessee Cleveland 110 $16,440 1.3 Tennessee Jackson 150 $15,310 1.1 Tennessee Johnson City 280 $16,150 1.5 Tennessee Kingsport 320 $15,350 1.1 Tennessee Knoxville 1,210 $16,670 1.3 Tennessee Memphis 1,730 $18,580 1 Tennessee Morristown 90 $15,930 0.8 Tennessee Nashville 2,930 $17,190 1.4 Texas Abilene 120 $15,360 0.8 Texas Amarillo 520 $16,420 2Texas Austin 2,420 $17,760 1.1 Texas Beaumont 280 $15,570 0.7 Texas Brownsville 240 $14,510 0.7 Texas College Station 190 $15,390 1 Texas Corpus Christi 410 $15,790 0.9 Texas Dallas 6,150 $17,070 1 Texas El Paso 710 $14,820 1 Texas Fort Worth 2,540 $15,860 1.1 Texas Houston 5,840 $16,720 0.8 Texas Killeen 210 $15,250 0.7 Texas Laredo 210 $14,840 1 Texas Longview 110 $15,230 0.5 Texas Lubbock 360 $15,260 1.1 Texas Mcallen 330 $15,440 0.6 Texas Midland 110 0.7 Texas Odessa 170 $15,740 1.2 Texas San Angelo 180 $15,850 1.9 Texas San Antonio 2,590 $15,680 1.1 Texas Sherman 90 $16,400 1 Texas Texarkana 190 $15,570 1.4 Texas Tyler 280 $16,180 1.2 Texas Victoria 100 $15,750 0.9 Texas Waco 210 $16,050 0.8 Texas Wichita Falls 120 $15,580 0.9 Utah Ogden 510 $15,810 1 Utah Provo 390 $15,920 0.9 Utah Salt Lake City 1,710 $18,360 1 Utah St George 220 $17,790 1.9 Vermont Burlington 240 $21,060 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 240 $16,430 1.6 Virginia Charlottesville 220 $17,710 0.9 Virginia Danville 140 $14,940 1.7 Virginia Harrisonburg 260 $16,750 2 Virginia Lynchburg 240 $15,460 0.9 Virginia Richmond 1,390 $17,040 0.8 Virginia Roanoke 280 $17,750 0.7 Virginia Virginia Beach 2,200 $17,630 1 Virginia Winchester 140 $16,910 1.1 Washington Bellingham 150 $19,490 0.7 Washington Bremerton 230 $19,760 1.1 Washington Kennewick 180 $18,830 0.8 Washington Longview 70 $19,060 0.9 Washington Mount Vernon 100 $19,600 0.9 Washington Olympia 300 $19,390 1.3 Washington Seattle 4,530 $20,940 1.1 Washington Spokane 360 $19,120 0.6 Washington Tacoma 630 $19,760 0.9 Washington Wenatchee 50 $19,150 0.5 Washington Yakima 140 $19,910 0.7 West Virginia Charleston 240 $16,310 0.6 West Virginia Huntington 430 $16,740 1.5 West Virginia Morgantown 190 $16,450 1.7 West Virginia Parkersburg 110 $16,040 0.6 West Virginia Weirton 70 $18,040 0.7 West Virginia Wheeling 200 $16,160 1.3 Wisconsin Appleton 320 $16,340 1.1 Wisconsin Eau Claire 260 $17,090 1.3 Wisconsin Fond 70 $19,210 0.7 Wisconsin Green Bay 350 $18,070 0.8 Wisconsin Janesville 240 $17,510 1.5 Wisconsin La Crosse 160 $17,570 0.9 Wisconsin Madison 1,040 $19,190 1.1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,840 $19,090 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 110 $18,620 0.5 Wisconsin Racine 100 $17,290 0.5 Wisconsin Sheboygan 70 $17,290 0.5 Wisconsin Wausau 100 $17,740 0.6 Wyoming Casper 120 $16,100 1.3 Wyoming Cheyenne 130 $15,200 1.3
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