Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary in Springfield, IL

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant pay range in Springfield

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,840 or more. The middle half of food servers, nonrestaurant in Springfield earn between $31,200 and $36,560.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary after taxes in Springfield

On the average salary of $34,920, a single filer in Springfield takes home about $28,651 a year, or $2,388 a month and $1,102 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Springfield a good place for food servers, nonrestaurant? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Springfield area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $34,920 buys what about $37,652 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Springfield ($52,670). A typical home costs $200,409, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary in other Illinois cities

Springfield ranks 3rd of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($36,550).

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Highest-paying cities for food servers, nonrestaurant

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($59,020).

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Related jobs in Springfield

• Bartenders$35,620 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$34,920 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,140 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$56,190 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,470 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$37,420 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,400 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$34,420 a year

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