Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Wausau, WI

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Wausau

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,800 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,420 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Wausau earn between $20,800 and $44,650.

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

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Wausau

On the average salary of $34,420, a single filer in Wausau takes home about $29,028 a year, or $2,419 a month and $1,116 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Wausau area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $34,420 buys what about $37,150 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Wausau ($48,790). A typical home costs $274,194, or 8.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other Wisconsin cities

Wausau ranks 9th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Madison pays the most ($38,450).

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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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• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$33,710 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,860 a year
• Bartenders$25,320 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,670 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,960 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,670 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$34,980 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$32,570 a year

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