10 High Paying Cities for Baristas

10 High Paying Cities for Baristas10 High Paying Cities for Baristas Today is National Coffee Day and in addition to ordering up a pumpkin spice latte, you can now celebrate because your baristas wages are on the rise.Over the past few months, baristas have had the second-fastest growing paychecks of all the job titles studied in our Glassdoor Local Pay Reports . Thats right, the folks who make your half-caff, grande, no whip mocha are in high demand and they are experiencing a rapid increase in base pay.According to the August 2017 Local Pay Reports, baristas across the country have a zentralwert base pay of $24,194 and 5.7% year-over-year. Why exactly is this? It is likely that recent minimum wage hikes in cities and states across the country have contributed to the growth our reports show for these jobs, explains Glassdoor Chief Economist Dr. Andrew Chamberlain.Looking for a second job or want to jump on the barista bandwagon? Weve got you covered.Here are 10 c ities that are boasting caffeinated compensation for baristas.One Interview Question Asked How do you handle pressure and direction? - StarbucksOne Interview Question Asked Describe a difficult or frustrating experience and how did you learn from it. - Peets Coffee & TeaOne Interview Question Asked What are your strengths and weaknesses in customer service? - Argo TeaOne Interview Question Asked What does it mean to you to be genuine? - StarbucksOne Interview Question Asked You do know that as a Barista its very labor intensive as well as demanding. Do you feel that you could meet these demands (multi-tasking, a lot of side work, cleaning, handling difficult customers)? - HMSHostOne Interview Question Asked Where do you landsee yourself in 5 years? - LavazzaOne Interview Question Asked Tell me about a time you had fantastic customer service and what made it great. - StarbucksOne Interview Question Asked Please tell me about a situation where you had a problem wi th another employee, what happened, who was the other person, what procedures were taken, and what was the outcome? - Peets Coffee & TeaOne Interview Question Asked If you were a kitchen appliance what would you be? - Tullys CoffeeOne Interview Question Asked If you found $20 on the ground that you watched someone drop would you pick it up? - StarbucksEditors Note For the 10 High Paying Cities for Baristas article, median base pay and year over year growth was based on the August 2017 Local Pay Reports. The number of open jobs per city is as of September 27, 2017.