Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Tulsa, OK

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Tulsa

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,100 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Tulsa earn between $16,740 and $29,800.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Tulsa

On the average salary of $26,450, a single filer in Tulsa takes home about $22,747 a year, or $1,896 a month and $875 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 Tulsa a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tulsa area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.2), so the average $26,450 buys what about $29,648 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Tulsa ($46,670). A typical home costs $253,725, or 9.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Oklahoma cities

Tulsa ranks 2nd of 4 Oklahoma metro areas for this job; Oklahoma City pays the most ($28,120).

All Waiters and Waitresses salaries in Oklahoma

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 Tulsa

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$31,600 a year
• Bartenders$30,020 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,310 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$54,180 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$39,840 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,530 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$33,100 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$32,490 a year

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