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	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	Concierges	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	Waiters and Waitresses	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
SUMMARY	75% High Risk	20% Minimal Risk	40% Moderate Risk	62% High Risk	63% High Risk	65% High Risk
JOB SCORE	2.4/10	5.2/10	3.3/10	2.9/10	2.5/10	3.2/10
POLLING	66% (High Risk, Based on 47 votes)	51% (Moderate Risk, Based on 17 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 43 votes)	72% (High Risk, Based on 61 votes)	68% (High Risk, Based on 609 votes)	67% (High Risk, Based on 103 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-1.5%	6.0%	2.3%	3.0%	-0.7%	3.7%
WAGES	$30,380 or $14.60 per hour	$42,010 or $20.20 per hour	$37,320 or $17.94 per hour	$34,460 or $16.57 per hour	$33,760 or $16.23 per hour	$34,270 or $16.47 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	427,150	1,187,460	44,200	271,780	2,302,690	261,430
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DESCRIPTION	Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.	Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.	Assist patrons at hotel, apartment, or office building with personal services. May take messages; arrange or give advice on transportation, business services, or entertainment; or monitor guest requests for housekeeping and maintenance.	Serve food to individuals outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, residential care facilities, or cars.	Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.	Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.

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