Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Portland, ME

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Portland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,130 a year or less, while the top 10% make $87,790 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Portland earn between $33,960 and $63,400.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Portland

On the average salary of $51,780, a single filer in Portland takes home about $41,968 a year, or $3,497 a month and $1,614 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 Portland a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Portland area are 2% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.9), so the average $51,780 buys what about $50,835 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Portland ($56,960). A typical home costs $542,063, or 10.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Maine cities

Portland ranks 2nd of 3 Maine metro areas for this job; Bangor pays the most ($52,700).

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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 Portland

• Bartenders$60,600 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$38,780 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$36,520 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$61,950 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$52,490 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$46,670 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,710 a year
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$43,830 a year

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