Restaurant Dishwasher

BLS OEWS, May 2025, national. The matching BLS detailed occupation is Dishwashers (35-9021).

BLS occupation title

Dishwashers

SOC code

35-9021

National employment

477,450

Median hourly wage

$16.73

Mean hourly wage

$16.49

Median annual wage

$34,810

Mean annual wage

$34,310

10th percentile hourly wage

$12.59

90th percentile hourly wage

$20.61

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates, https://www.bls.gov/oes/. Record: 35-9021.

What these figures are

National estimates for one BLS occupation across all employers, not a rate for any one job and not a statement about any shift pattern. The median is the wage at which half the workers in the occupation are above and half below. Where BLS does not publish a value, the page says so and does not estimate it.

Shift hours

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