Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Reading, PA

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Reading

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,920 a year or less, while the top 10% make $61,650 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Reading earn between $23,290 and $45,970.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Reading

On the average salary of $36,110, a single filer in Reading takes home about $30,086 a year, or $2,507 a month and $1,157 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 Reading a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Reading area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.1), so the average $36,110 buys what about $37,204 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Reading ($49,440). A typical home costs $312,348, or 8.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Pennsylvania cities

Reading ranks 9th 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).

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Related jobs in Reading

• Bartenders$35,110 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,240 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,670 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$70,150 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,340 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,040 a year
• Cooks, All Other$36,940 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,570 a year

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