Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Tyler, TX

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Tyler

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,150 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,890 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Tyler earn between $16,940 and $35,260.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Tyler

On the average salary of $27,500, a single filer in Tyler takes home about $24,256 a year, or $2,021 a month and $933 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 Tyler a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tyler area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.2), so the average $27,500 buys what about $29,841 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Tyler ($42,650). A typical home costs $272,063, or 9.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Texas cities

Tyler ranks 19th 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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• Bartenders$30,880 a year
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$28,240 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,250 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$52,950 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$37,460 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$32,000 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$30,640 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$29,010 a year

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