Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Midland, TX

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Midland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $17,810 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,550 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Midland earn between $18,310 and $37,010.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Midland

On the average salary of $30,360, a single filer in Midland takes home about $26,574 a year, or $2,215 a month and $1,022 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 Midland a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Midland area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.8), so the average $30,360 buys what about $31,697 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Midland ($54,480). A typical home costs $330,428, or 10.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Texas cities

Midland ranks 4th 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 Midland

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$32,900 a year
• Bartenders$30,070 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,610 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$60,410 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$41,660 a year
• Cooks, All Other$37,950 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$37,500 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,460 a year

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