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How to become Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
Median annual wage for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop (35-9031) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Assist customers with seating arrangements.
- Operate cash registers.
- Process customer bills or payments.
- Communicate with customers to resolve complaints or ensure satisfaction.
- Present food or beverage information or menus to customers.
- Package food or supplies.
- Take customer orders.
- Communicate dining or order details to kitchen personnel.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Active Listening3.6/5
- Speaking3.4/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.3/5
- Service Orientation3.3/5
- Coordination3.0/5
- Reading Comprehension2.9/5
- Critical Thinking2.9/5
- Negotiation2.9/5
- Monitoring2.8/5
- Persuasion2.8/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Social5.2/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising4.2/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Conventional3.8/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Realistic3.4/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Artistic1.8/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Investigative1.0/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
