Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Baton Rouge, LA

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Baton Rouge

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $15,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $36,230 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Baton Rouge earn between $15,080 and $20,940.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Baton Rouge

On the average salary of $21,080, a single filer in Baton Rouge takes home about $18,723 a year, or $1,560 a month and $720 every two weeks. Taxes take 11% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Baton Rouge area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.8), so the average $21,080 buys what about $23,221 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Baton Rouge ($48,710). A typical home costs $248,176, or 11.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Louisiana cities

Baton Rouge ranks 9th of 10 Louisiana metro areas for this job; New Orleans pays the most ($24,030).

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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

Related jobs in Baton Rouge

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$27,150 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,120 a year
• Bartenders$24,630 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$50,300 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,820 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$34,020 a year
• Cooks, All Other$32,150 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$31,590 a year

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