SALARY · FOOD SERVERS, NONRESTAURANT · DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary in District of Columbia

If District of Columbia is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for food servers, nonrestaurant was $37,920. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$37,920

$18 per hour at the median · That is $2,560 (7.2 percent) above the national median of $35,360 for this occupation.

$41,460Mean annual salary

$20Mean hourly wage

$1,260People employed in this job in District of Columbia

Salary range

25th: $37,220Median: $37,92075th: $44,350

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$37,220
Median (50th percentile)	$37,920
75th percentile	$44,350
Mean	$41,460

The middle half of workers earned from $37,220 to $44,350 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$32,649 a year

$2,721 a month

Federal tax $2,370 · FICA $2,901

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for District of Columbia is not included, because the full 2026 state table for District of Columbia has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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