Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Gainesville, FL

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,090 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,390 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Gainesville earn between $27,950 and $45,430.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Gainesville

On the average salary of $39,920, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $34,256 a year, or $2,855 a month and $1,318 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.7), so the average $39,920 buys what about $41,268 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($47,020). A typical home costs $306,605, or 7.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Florida cities

Gainesville ranks 19th of 22 Florida metro areas for this job; Naples pays the most ($44,610).

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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 Gainesville

• Bartenders$41,160 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,940 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$30,480 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$52,400 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$44,460 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,210 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,700 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$35,490 a year

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