Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Boise, ID

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Boise

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,970 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,600 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Boise earn between $19,640 and $47,860.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Boise

On the average salary of $37,480, a single filer in Boise takes home about $31,417 a year, or $2,618 a month and $1,208 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Idaho's zero bracket uses the latest published amount ($4,811, 2025).

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

Prices in the Boise area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.4), so the average $37,480 buys what about $38,093 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Boise ($49,100). A typical home costs $496,288, or 13.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Idaho cities

Boise ranks 2nd of 6 Idaho metro areas for this job; Lewiston pays the most ($41,270).

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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).

Waiters and Waitresses salary by city

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• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$35,290 a year
• Bartenders$35,280 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,390 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$54,970 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$43,720 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$38,110 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,520 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$33,940 a year

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