Tennessee / Environment and Conservation / Food Service Worker
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Environment and Conservation. Median total compensation for the role is $25,920, below the department median of $42,917.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 5,230 people — is $30,670. Environment and Conservation pays a median base salary of $25,920 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Environment and Conservation’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. Environment and Conservation’s median base salary is 27% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Environment and Conservation is $25,920, 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
Food Service Worker is held in 4 Tennessee departments. In Environment and Conservation, the median of $25,920 ranks #3 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Food Service Worker role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $30,432 ranks #3 of 14. See Food Service Worker across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Food Service Worker roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Same department
Record list
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Food Service Worker/Environment and Conservation
Source-specific fields
At Environment and Conservation, Ginger Harris serves as a Food Service Worker within Warriors Path. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $25,920.