Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Austin, TX

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Austin

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $18,100 a year or less, while the top 10% make $57,750 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Austin earn between $18,710 and $42,540.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Austin

On the average salary of $32,970, a single filer in Austin takes home about $28,671 a year, or $2,389 a month and $1,103 every two weeks. Taxes take 13% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Austin area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.1), so the average $32,970 buys what about $33,620 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Austin ($56,950). A typical home costs $428,524, or 13.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Texas cities

Austin ranks 1st of 25 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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

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• Bartenders$32,760 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$32,350 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$30,130 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$68,120 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$45,310 a year
• Cooks, Fast Food$38,950 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,120 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$37,060 a year

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