Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Bangor, ME

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Bangor

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,470 a year or less, while the top 10% make $91,180 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Bangor earn between $34,110 and $62,610.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Bangor

On the average salary of $52,700, a single filer in Bangor takes home about $42,645 a year, or $3,554 a month and $1,640 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Maine's standard deduction phase-out above $102,250 of income is not modelled.

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

Prices in the Bangor area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.5), so the average $52,700 buys what about $54,607 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Bangor ($47,960). A typical home costs $280,733, or 5.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Maine cities

Bangor ranks 1st of 3 Maine metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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 Bangor

• Bartenders$54,160 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$37,020 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,670 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$58,790 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,800 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,360 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$42,810 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$42,210 a year

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