Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Evansville, IN

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Evansville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $17,440 a year or less, while the top 10% make $47,640 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Evansville earn between $20,540 and $36,530.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Evansville

On the average salary of $30,650, a single filer in Evansville takes home about $25,547 a year, or $2,129 a month and $983 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). Includes Evansville's local income tax (1.25%).

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

Prices in the Evansville area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.5), so the average $30,650 buys what about $33,487 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Evansville ($46,540). A typical home costs $226,753, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Indiana cities

Evansville ranks 5th of 12 Indiana metro areas for this job; Indianapolis pays the most ($32,300).

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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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• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,860 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,480 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$33,210 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$30,040 a year

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