WorthByZip

Waiters and Waitresses Salary by Metro

US median salary $35,230 range $18,100 - $64,720
US mean salary $40,060

The tables below rank 150 US metro areas by median Waiters and Waitresses pay. "Worth" adjusts each salary for the metro's cost of living, so a lower nominal salary in a cheap metro can outrank a higher one in an expensive city.

Metros ranked by Waiters and Waitresses pay

MetroMedianWorth (cost-adj.)vs US
Urban Honolulu, HI $60,250 $38,133 +71%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $57,280 $37,759 +63%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $54,780 $41,881 +55%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $48,980 $50,443 +39%
Salem, OR $48,720 $45,919 +38%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $48,560 $50,636 +38%
Syracuse, NY $47,640 $58,311 +35%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $47,610 $34,301 +35%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $47,530 $36,816 +35%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $46,950 $37,802 +33%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $46,580 $58,080 +32%
Colorado Springs, CO $46,230 $35,865 +31%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $46,040 $29,954 +31%
Rochester, NY $45,310 $52,261 +29%
Portland-South Portland, ME $44,070 $39,139 +25%
Flint, MI $44,030 $58,707 +25%
Eugene-Springfield, OR $42,930 $41,761 +22%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $42,930 $47,072 +22%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $41,920 $20,960 +19%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $39,650 $27,903 +13%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $39,270 $25,600 +11%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $39,020 $34,808 +11%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $38,860 $20,714 +10%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $38,820 $27,300 +10%
Richmond, VA $38,470 $35,068 +9%
Manchester-Nashua, NH $38,430 $31,219 +9%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $38,210 $46,371 +8%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $38,160 $36,657 +8%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ $38,070 $30,926 +8%
Albuquerque, NM $38,050 $43,387 +8%
New Haven, CT $37,900 $32,757 +8%
Naples-Marco Island, FL $37,550 $26,593 +7%
Columbus, OH $37,490 $38,810 +6%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $37,490 $40,973 +6%
Wichita, KS $37,300 $49,800 +6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $37,200 $34,637 +6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $37,070 $30,016 +5%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT $36,890 $36,561 +5%
Worcester, MA $36,840 $34,048 +5%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $36,830 $22,498 +5%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $36,670 $31,076 +4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $36,660 $28,243 +4%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $36,660 $27,668 +4%
Jacksonville, FL $36,630 $31,908 +4%
Vallejo, CA $36,610 $22,310 +4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $36,600 $46,447 +4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $36,570 $32,594 +4%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $36,530 $43,592 +4%
Tucson, AZ $36,490 $39,706 +4%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $36,430 $32,614 +3%
Cleveland, OH $36,260 $45,553 +3%
Port St. Lucie, FL $36,250 $30,259 +3%
Canton-Massillon, OH $36,210 $51,729 +3%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $36,170 $29,599 +3%
Springfield, MA $36,170 $41,961 +3%
Akron, OH $36,150 $46,169 +3%
Toledo, OH $36,140 $50,758 +3%
Kansas City, MO-KS $36,080 $38,099 +2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $36,070 $25,437 +2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $35,850 $22,907 +2%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $35,850 $21,051 +2%
Boise City, ID $35,830 $31,764 +2%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $35,750 $36,075 +1%
Salinas, CA $35,540 $22,797 +1%
Pittsburgh, PA $35,470 $44,393 +1%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $35,440 $31,142 +1%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $35,410 $26,524 +1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $35,340 $34,411 +0%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $35,270 $34,110 +0%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $35,260 $21,819 +0%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $35,230 $31,682 +0%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $35,070 $25,413 +0%
Lexington-Fayette, KY $34,910 $40,452 -1%
Modesto, CA $34,910 $28,359 -1%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $34,910 $19,869 -1%
Ocala, FL $34,890 $36,006 -1%
Raleigh-Cary, NC $34,860 $29,220 -1%
Tallahassee, FL $34,850 $36,684 -1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $34,800 $24,857 -1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $34,630 $33,459 -2%
Ogden, UT $34,570 $30,378 -2%
Stockton-Lodi, CA $34,460 $26,205 -2%
Asheville, NC $34,450 $35,046 -2%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA $34,320 $34,807 -3%
Fresno, CA $34,320 $32,500 -3%
Visalia, CA $34,320 $35,345 -3%
Omaha, NE-IA $34,290 $37,931 -3%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $34,260 $37,280 -3%
Youngstown-Warren, OH $33,910 $48,443 -4%
York-Hanover, PA $33,750 $37,293 -4%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $32,320 $26,911 -8%
Lancaster, PA $32,190 $31,283 -9%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $31,200 $28,756 -11%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $31,200 $43,697 -11%
St. Louis, MO-IL $31,200 $36,967 -11%
Madison, WI $30,910 $30,097 -12%
Reading, PA $30,760 $34,330 -13%
Wilmington, NC $30,610 $29,069 -13%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $30,490 $26,217 -13%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $30,330 $35,104 -14%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $30,180 $35,674 -14%
Greensboro-High Point, NC $30,060 $36,261 -15%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $29,770 $39,120 -15%
Winston-Salem, NC $29,550 $38,327 -16%
Fayetteville, NC $29,520 $32,122 -16%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $29,390 $25,358 -17%
Springfield, MO $29,350 $39,824 -17%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $29,050 $32,171 -18%
Fort Wayne, IN $28,650 $37,648 -19%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $28,110 $27,186 -20%
Knoxville, TN $28,100 $32,373 -20%
Huntsville, AL $27,990 $31,204 -21%
Birmingham, AL $27,670 $31,125 -21%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $27,260 $20,825 -23%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $27,110 $21,987 -23%
Mobile, AL $26,860 $33,659 -24%
Montgomery, AL $26,360 $31,759 -25%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $26,210 $29,852 -26%
Anchorage, AK $26,080 $23,580 -26%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $25,920 $23,736 -26%
Reno, NV $25,700 $21,292 -27%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $24,610 $30,762 -30%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $24,550 $26,541 -30%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $24,250 $34,643 -31%
Chattanooga, TN-GA $24,240 $27,483 -31%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $24,160 $19,739 -31%
Killeen-Temple, TX $22,910 $24,821 -35%
Corpus Christi, TX $22,820 $23,599 -35%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $22,600 $27,163 -36%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $22,400 $26,698 -36%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $22,080 $20,350 -37%
El Paso, TX $21,870 $26,736 -38%
Jackson, MS $21,440 $26,371 -39%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $21,010 $30,014 -40%
Savannah, GA $20,830 $18,885 -41%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $20,650 $28,444 -41%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $20,410 $23,406 -42%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $19,950 $22,878 -43%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC $19,340 $15,892 -45%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $18,460 $14,558 -48%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $18,390 $21,661 -48%
Spartanburg, SC $18,370 $22,905 -48%
Tulsa, OK $18,350 $22,433 -48%
Oklahoma City, OK $18,200 $21,362 -48%
Columbia, SC $17,810 $19,680 -49%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $17,350 $18,225 -51%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $16,640 $18,028 -53%
Baton Rouge, LA $15,080 $17,515 -57%
Lafayette, LA $15,080 $20,351 -57%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $15,080 $19,610 -57%