Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Napa, CA

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Napa

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,700 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,710 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Napa earn between $36,010 and $39,560.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Napa

On the average salary of $45,100, a single filer in Napa takes home about $37,478 a year, or $3,123 a month and $1,441 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

Is Napa a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Napa area are 13% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 112.6), so the average $45,100 buys what about $40,070 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Napa ($55,210). A typical home costs $890,662, or 19.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other California cities

Napa ranks 7th of 25 California metro areas for this job; San Jose pays the most ($52,010).

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Highest-paying cities for waiters and waitresses

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($87,210).

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Related jobs in Napa

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$48,550 a year
• Bartenders$46,780 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$44,010 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$83,750 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$57,390 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$50,320 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$47,830 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$44,260 a year

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