Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Salem, OR

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Salem

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,300 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,850 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Salem earn between $35,330 and $61,770.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Salem

On the average salary of $50,860, a single filer in Salem takes home about $39,497 a year, or $3,291 a month and $1,519 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 Salem a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Salem area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $50,860 buys what about $49,069 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Salem ($55,310). A typical home costs $454,689, or 8.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Oregon cities

Salem ranks 5th 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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Related jobs in Salem

• Bartenders$45,310 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$38,150 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$35,510 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$66,240 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$52,400 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,550 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,010 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$41,510 a year

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