High paying food service jobs in Colorado Springs, CO with no degree
The best paid food service occupations in Colorado Springs, CO that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.
Cost of living: prices in Colorado Springs, CO run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado Springs, CO salary is worth about 0.99× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.
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 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,550 – $80,270490No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $78,2204,330High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $70,2202,790No formal educational credential
$36,070 – $48,4401,090No formal educational credential
$33,050 – $46,5703,330No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $82,9601,720No formal educational credential
$33,710 – $48,6801,190No formal educational credential
$32,200 – $46,170770No formal educational credential
$31,030 – $39,2801,340No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $46,9101,130No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $46,010290No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $49,6701,050No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $38,480960No formal educational credential
$30,940 – $41,49011,470No formal educational credential
$30,910 – $42,400190
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianColorado Springs, CO | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chefs and Head CooksHigh school diploma or equivalent | $59,180 | $45,550 – $80,270 | 490 |
| 2 | Waiters and WaitressesNo formal educational credential | $46,230 | $30,800 – $78,220 | 4,330 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $45,390 | $37,010 – $70,220 | 2,790 |
| 4 | Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaNo formal educational credential | $39,110 | $36,070 – $48,440 | 1,090 |
| 5 | Cooks, RestaurantNo formal educational credential | $38,000 | $33,050 – $46,570 | 3,330 |
| 6 | BartendersNo formal educational credential | $37,700 | $30,800 – $82,960 | 1,720 |
| 7 | Food Preparation WorkersNo formal educational credential | $37,450 | $33,710 – $48,680 | 1,190 |
| 8 | Food Servers, NonrestaurantNo formal educational credential | $36,690 | $32,200 – $46,170 | 770 |
| 9 | Cooks, Fast FoodNo formal educational credential | $36,560 | $31,030 – $39,280 | 1,340 |
| 10 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee ShopNo formal educational credential | $36,350 | $30,800 – $46,910 | 1,130 |
| 11 | Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential | $35,710 | $30,800 – $46,010 | 290 |
| 12 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersNo formal educational credential | $35,660 | $30,800 – $49,670 | 1,050 |
| 13 | DishwashersNo formal educational credential | $35,030 | $31,200 – $38,480 | 960 |
| 14 | Fast Food and Counter WorkersNo formal educational credential | $34,420 | $30,940 – $41,490 | 11,470 |
| 15 | Cooks, Short OrderNo formal educational credential | $32,030 | $30,910 – $42,400 | 190 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado Springs, CO. 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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