Chicago Public Schools / Bowen High School / Lunchroom Attendant
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Bowen High School. Median total compensation for the role is $44,455, below the department median of $99,734.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers — about 18,100 people — is $31,200. Bowen High School pays a median base salary of $28,283 for this role, 9% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Bowen High School’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers — about 542,750 people — is $33,980. Bowen High School’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 25th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Bowen High School is $44,455, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Lunchroom Attendant is held in 320 Chicago Public Schools departments. In Bowen High School, the median of $44,455 ranks #1 of 320.
Median total compensation for the Lunchroom Attendant role in other Chicago Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Lunchroom Attendant/Bowen High School
Source-specific fields
At Bowen High School, Virgina Collins serves as a Lunchroom Attendant. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,455.
Lunchroom Attendant/Bowen High School
Source-specific fields
Michele Mckamey-Johnson is a Lunchroom Attendant at Bowen High School. 2026 total compensation came to $44,455.