Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Albany, OR

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Albany

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,470 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,280 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Albany earn between $31,640 and $61,860.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Albany

On the average salary of $49,980, a single filer in Albany takes home about $38,857 a year, or $3,238 a month and $1,495 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

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

Prices in the Albany area are 2% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 102.1), so the average $49,980 buys what about $48,952 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Albany ($49,700). A typical home costs $412,810, or 8.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Oregon cities

Albany ranks 6th of 8 Oregon metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($56,130).

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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 Albany

• Bartenders$41,710 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$37,060 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,740 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$46,170 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,910 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$40,880 a year
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$39,350 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$37,960 a year

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