High paying food service jobs in New Hampshire

Every food service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Hampshire. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single food service job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in New Hampshire run 4.2% above the national average (2024), so a New Hampshire salary is worth about 0.96× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in New Hampshire.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, New Hampshire · Employed

1Chefs and Head Cooks$63,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,220 – $95,9901,170
2First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $75,1003,840
3Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,370
No formal educational credential
$35,790 – $56,4701,720
4Cooks, Restaurant$40,200
No formal educational credential
$34,390 – $49,4007,190
5Cooks, Fast Food$38,590
No formal educational credential
$35,720 – $45,9301,330
6Waiters and Waitresses$38,430
No formal educational credential
$21,060 – $72,81010,030
7Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$38,210
No formal educational credential
$25,520 – $44,150370
8Food Preparation Workers$36,780
No formal educational credential
$26,830 – $45,9803,420
9Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$36,710
No formal educational credential
$28,710 – $46,0901,770
10Dishwashers$34,960
No formal educational credential
$27,290 – $43,5802,370
11Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$33,920
No formal educational credential
$26,330 – $38,4602,130
12Cooks, Short Order$32,330
No formal educational credential
$24,140 – $49,0202,320
13Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,590
No formal educational credential
$22,580 – $38,44014,540
14Bartenders$28,800
No formal educational credential
$17,390 – $78,2303,840
15Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$26,290
No formal educational credential
$17,200 – $38,4101,510

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianNew Hampshire	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chefs and Head CooksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,400	$40,220 – $95,990	1,170
2	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,710	$34,900 – $75,100	3,840
3	Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaNo formal educational credential	$45,370	$35,790 – $56,470	1,720
4	Cooks, RestaurantNo formal educational credential	$40,200	$34,390 – $49,400	7,190
5	Cooks, Fast FoodNo formal educational credential	$38,590	$35,720 – $45,930	1,330
6	Waiters and WaitressesNo formal educational credential	$38,430	$21,060 – $72,810	10,030
7	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$38,210	$25,520 – $44,150	370
8	Food Preparation WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,780	$26,830 – $45,980	3,420
9	Food Servers, NonrestaurantNo formal educational credential	$36,710	$28,710 – $46,090	1,770
10	DishwashersNo formal educational credential	$34,960	$27,290 – $43,580	2,370
11	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee ShopNo formal educational credential	$33,920	$26,330 – $38,460	2,130
12	Cooks, Short OrderNo formal educational credential	$32,330	$24,140 – $49,020	2,320
13	Fast Food and Counter WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,590	$22,580 – $38,440	14,540
14	BartendersNo formal educational credential	$28,800	$17,390 – $78,230	3,840
15	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersNo formal educational credential	$26,290	$17,200 – $38,410	1,510

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Hampshire. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in New Hampshire to rank honestly.

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