Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Oklahoma City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $15,230 a year or less, while the top 10% make $59,150 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Oklahoma City earn between $16,880 and $30,190.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Oklahoma City

On the average salary of $28,120, a single filer in Oklahoma City takes home about $24,047 a year, or $2,004 a month and $925 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Oklahoma City area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.4), so the average $28,120 buys what about $31,103 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Oklahoma City ($47,230). A typical home costs $246,872, or 8.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Oklahoma cities

Oklahoma City ranks 1st of 4 Oklahoma metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Waiters and Waitresses salaries in Oklahoma

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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 Oklahoma City

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$31,030 a year
• Bartenders$30,560 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,310 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$61,360 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$38,530 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$36,440 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$34,180 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$32,750 a year

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