High paying food service jobs in Ponce, PR

Every food service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ponce, PR. 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.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025

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OccupationMedian, Ponce, PR · Employed

1Chefs and Head Cooks$30,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,850 – $50,51050
2Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$28,540
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $39,990640
3First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$27,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,540 – $39,050550
4Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$23,770
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $23,77080
5Cooks, Restaurant$23,350
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $28,740600
6Dishwashers$22,370
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $24,960100
7Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$22,360
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $24,97060
8Cooks, Fast Food$22,330
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $27,470390
9Waiters and Waitresses$22,260
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $37,140730
10Bartenders$21,970
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $29,360190
11Food Preparation Workers$21,960
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $28,220330
12Fast Food and Counter Workers$21,840
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $22,4302,100
13Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$21,840
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $21,84070

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

#	Occupation	MedianPonce, PR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chefs and Head CooksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,800	$22,850 – $50,510	50
2	Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaNo formal educational credential	$28,540	$21,840 – $39,990	640
3	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,900	$22,540 – $39,050	550
4	Food Servers, NonrestaurantNo formal educational credential	$23,770	$21,840 – $23,770	80
5	Cooks, RestaurantNo formal educational credential	$23,350	$21,840 – $28,740	600
6	DishwashersNo formal educational credential	$22,370	$21,840 – $24,960	100
7	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersNo formal educational credential	$22,360	$21,840 – $24,970	60
8	Cooks, Fast FoodNo formal educational credential	$22,330	$21,840 – $27,470	390
9	Waiters and WaitressesNo formal educational credential	$22,260	$21,840 – $37,140	730
10	BartendersNo formal educational credential	$21,970	$21,840 – $29,360	190
11	Food Preparation WorkersNo formal educational credential	$21,960	$21,840 – $28,220	330
12	Fast Food and Counter WorkersNo formal educational credential	$21,840	$21,840 – $22,430	2,100
13	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee ShopNo formal educational credential	$21,840	$21,840 – $21,840	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ponce, PR. 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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