Bartenders

SOC 35-3011 · 2024-2034

Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California: $37,137per year
Projected openings: 126,330
Projected change: +8.8%
Usually needs: No formal educational credential

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth · Numerous Job Openings

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

Active Listening
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Coordination
Critical Thinking

Pay by region

Region	Typical pay in California	Projected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)	$40,777	6,410
San Rafael MD (Marin County)	$40,287	1,130
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)	$39,786	13,400
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)	$39,718	2,160
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)	$38,919	8,570
Napa MSA (Napa County)	$37,764	1,040
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)	$37,178	930
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)	$36,448	1,160
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)	$36,255	11,770
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)	$36,242	17,090
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)	$36,113	29,760
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)	$35,892	1,020
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)	$35,872	820
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)	$35,789	1,380
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)	$35,738	2,480
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)	$35,687	1,000
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)	$35,501	2,610
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)	$35,234	290
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)	$35,183	2,480
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)	$35,090	9,810
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)	$35,069	12,330
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)	$35,039	290
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)	$34,751	1,400
Chico MSA (Butte County)	$34,720	820
Redding MSA (Shasta County)	$34,720	460
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)	$34,463	770
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)	$34,339	1,770
Merced MSA (Merced County)	$34,339	320
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)	$34,339	1,090
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)	$34,339	350

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains for	Typical pay in California	Projected openings	Projected change
Waiters and Waitresses	$36,994	469,390	+2.8%
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$36,922	148,130	+10.2%
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$43,351	1,105,280	+9.9%
Food Preparation Workers	$40,347	195,850	+1%
Cooks, Short Order	$44,017	43,610	-2.3%
Food Service Managers	$79,573	59,280	+10.1%

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