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Table 3 Occupations most proximate to starting occupation “Waiters and Waitresses”, with mean annual wages and LQ values for the Washington, DC MSA

From: Skills-approximate occupations: using networks to guide jobs retraining

Target Occupation (SOC)

\(\varvec{P}_{{\varvec{S} \to \varvec{T}}}\)

Mean annual wages*

LQ*

Dining Room/Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers (35–9011)

0.696

$28,410

1.25

Orderlies (31–1015)

0.692

$30,080

0.72

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers (39–3031)

0.682

$25,000

0.85

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant (35–3041)

0.673

$27,880

0.88

Flight Attendants (53–2031)

0.660

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  1. *Taken from the 2018 OEWS by MSA (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018) ~ Data not disclosed for Washington, DC MSA