Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Lancaster, PA

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Lancaster

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $17,820 a year or less, while the top 10% make $62,100 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Lancaster earn between $26,090 and $46,260.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Lancaster

On the average salary of $37,080, a single filer in Lancaster takes home about $30,835 a year, or $2,570 a month and $1,186 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Local earned income taxes (for example Philadelphia's wage tax) are not included.

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

Prices in the Lancaster area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.3), so the average $37,080 buys what about $37,738 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Lancaster ($48,210). A typical home costs $388,207, or 10.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Pennsylvania cities

Lancaster ranks 6th of 16 Pennsylvania metro areas for this job; Philadelphia pays the most ($41,390).

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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 Lancaster

• Bartenders$36,090 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$31,590 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,150 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$61,840 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$44,180 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,820 a year
• Cooks, All Other$37,410 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$35,590 a year

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