Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Lincoln, NE

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Lincoln

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,980 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Lincoln earn between $29,390 and $47,730.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Lincoln

On the average salary of $41,660, a single filer in Lincoln takes home about $34,638 a year, or $2,886 a month and $1,332 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Lincoln area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.6), so the average $41,660 buys what about $45,490 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Lincoln ($49,800). A typical home costs $304,242, or 7.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Nebraska cities

Lincoln ranks 1st of 3 Nebraska 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).

Waiters and Waitresses salary by city

Related jobs in Lincoln

• Bartenders$38,420 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$32,050 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$30,400 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$67,330 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,050 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,830 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$37,830 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$35,290 a year

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