Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Odessa, TX

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Odessa

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $17,290 a year or less, while the top 10% make $47,540 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Odessa earn between $17,920 and $37,180.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Odessa

On the average salary of $29,790, a single filer in Odessa takes home about $26,116 a year, or $2,176 a month and $1,004 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 Odessa a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Odessa area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.9), so the average $29,790 buys what about $31,727 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Odessa ($48,590). A typical home costs $256,700, or 8.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Texas cities

Odessa ranks 5th 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 Odessa

• Bartenders$30,660 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,000 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$27,080 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$56,640 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,610 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$33,560 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$33,210 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$31,830 a year

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