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Bartenders
Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.
- Median pay
- $33,530
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- +5.9%
- Growing
- Typical entry
- No formal educational credential
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Persuasion
- Reading Comprehension
What they do
- Clean glasses, utensils, and bar equipment.
- Collect money for drinks served.
- Balance cash receipts.
- Check identification of customers to verify age requirements for purchase of alcohol.
- Clean bars, work areas, and tables.
- Attempt to limit problems and liability related to customers' excessive drinking by taking steps such as persuading customers to stop drinking, or ordering taxis or other transportation for intoxicated patrons.
- Take beverage orders from serving staff or directly from patrons.
- Serve wine, and bottled or draft beer.
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.
- Stock bar with beer, wine, liquor, and related supplies such as ice, glassware, napkins, or straws.
Majors that lead here
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.