Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Bend, OR

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Bend

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,500 a year or less, while the top 10% make $76,310 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Bend earn between $35,910 and $64,300.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Bend

On the average salary of $53,330, a single filer in Bend takes home about $41,291 a year, or $3,441 a month and $1,588 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% 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 Bend a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bend area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $53,330 buys what about $51,473 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Bend ($54,570). A typical home costs $672,286, or 12.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Oregon cities

Bend ranks 2nd 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).

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• Fast Food and Counter Workers$36,590 a year
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• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$51,740 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,670 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$45,520 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$44,790 a year

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