Compared with the local labor market
Intermediate Food Service Worker pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 11,850 people — is $38,350. Probation Department pays a median base salary of $45,908 for this role, 20% above that figure — about the 73rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Probation Department sits in the local pay range
$35,120
$36,490
$38,350
$46,440
$56,160
Probation Department median · $45,908
The bar is the range of annual wages for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Probation Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 293,900 people — is $35,360. Probation Department’s median base salary is 30% above that national figure, about the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$28,030
$31,190
$35,360
$38,500
$46,120
Probation Department median · $45,908
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Probation Department is $99,272, 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
This role across Los Angeles County
Intermediate Food Service Worker is held in 2 Los Angeles County departments. In Probation Department, the median of $99,272 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Intermediate Food Service Worker role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.