Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Trenton, NJ

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Trenton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,220 a year or less, while the top 10% make $72,180 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Trenton earn between $34,630 and $50,080.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Trenton

On the average salary of $46,270, a single filer in Trenton takes home about $38,349 a year, or $3,196 a month and $1,475 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 (2025 rules). New Jersey's employee unemployment, disability and family-leave contributions are not included.

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

Prices in the Trenton area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.2), so the average $46,270 buys what about $44,844 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Trenton ($63,490). A typical home costs $446,377, or 9.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other New Jersey cities

Trenton ranks 1st of 3 New Jersey metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($87,210).

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Related jobs in Trenton

• Bartenders$47,250 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$36,770 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$35,120 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$70,640 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$50,630 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$43,860 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$43,300 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,790 a year

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