Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Albany, GA

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Albany

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $15,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,180 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Albany earn between $15,080 and $29,910.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Albany

On the average salary of $24,890, a single filer in Albany takes home about $21,613 a year, or $1,801 a month and $831 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Albany area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.7), so the average $24,890 buys what about $28,391 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Albany ($43,620). A typical home costs $168,362, or 6.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Georgia cities

Albany ranks 12th of 14 Georgia metro areas for this job; Savannah pays the most ($29,060).

All Waiters and Waitresses salaries in Georgia

Highest-paying cities for waiters and waitresses

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary by city

Related jobs in Albany

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$30,000 a year
• Bartenders$29,020 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$24,550 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$59,840 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$38,140 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$32,110 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$30,730 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$30,700 a year

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