Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Laredo, TX

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Laredo

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $15,540 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,260 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Laredo earn between $15,940 and $36,090.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Laredo

On the average salary of $27,540, a single filer in Laredo takes home about $24,289 a year, or $2,024 a month and $934 every two weeks. Taxes take 12% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Laredo area are 13% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.0), so the average $27,540 buys what about $31,671 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Laredo ($37,250). A typical home costs $218,391, or 7.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Texas cities

Laredo ranks 18th of 25 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($32,970).

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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 Laredo

• Bartenders$28,700 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$24,320 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$49,820 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,040 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$29,370 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$28,360 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$27,710 a year
• Cooks, All Other$25,870 a year

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