Compared with the local labor market
Food Service Worker III pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 14,340 people — is $29,300. Parks and Wildlife Department pays a median base salary of $40,038 for this role, 37% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Parks and Wildlife Department sits in the local pay range
$21,930
$25,920
$29,300
$34,020
$36,930
Parks and Wildlife Department median · $40,038
The bar is the range of annual wages for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks and Wildlife 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. Parks and Wildlife Department’s median base salary is 13% above that national figure, about the 78th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$28,030
$31,190
$35,360
$38,500
$46,120
Parks and Wildlife Department median · $40,038
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 Texas range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 5 of 6 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Parks and Wildlife Department is $40,036, 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 Texas
Food Service Worker III is held in 2 Texas departments. In Parks and Wildlife Department, the median of $40,038 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Food Service Worker III role in other Texasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Food Service Worker beyond Texas
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $34,677 ranks #2 of 14. See Food Service Worker across all of Texas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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.