Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Ann Arbor

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,420 a year or less, while the top 10% make $71,790 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Ann Arbor earn between $33,540 and $61,010.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Ann Arbor

On the average salary of $46,830, a single filer in Ann Arbor takes home about $38,064 a year, or $3,172 a month and $1,464 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 (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Ann Arbor area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.9), so the average $46,830 buys what about $46,421 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Ann Arbor ($55,380). A typical home costs $422,945, or 9.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Michigan cities

Ann Arbor ranks 2nd of 15 Michigan metro areas for this job; Grand Rapids pays the most ($47,040).

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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 Ann Arbor

• Bartenders$47,190 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,450 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$32,620 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,590 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,540 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,680 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$39,380 a year
• Cooks, All Other$39,190 a year

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