SALARY · FOOD SERVERS, NONRESTAURANT · PENNSYLVANIA

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary in Pennsylvania

I would start with the middle, not the top of the range. For food servers, nonrestaurant in Pennsylvania, that middle figure was $33,300 a year. It gives you a steadier base for rent, bills and savings plans than a headline salary that only a small share of workers actually reach.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$33,300

$16 per hour at the median · That is $2,060 (5.8 percent) below the national median of $35,360 for this occupation.

$33,720Mean annual salary
$16Mean hourly wage
$13,940People employed in this job in Pennsylvania

Salary range

25th: $29,480Median: $33,30075th: $38,020
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$29,480
Median (50th percentile)$33,300
75th percentile$38,020
Mean$33,720

The middle half of workers earned from $29,480 to $38,020 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$27,914 a year
$2,326 a month
Federal tax $1,816 · FICA $2,547 · State tax $1,022

Caveat: the $0 deduction point for Pennsylvania was corroborated from a secondary host of the 2025 booklet, not from a pa.gov page.

Pennsylvania local earned income tax and the Philadelphia wage tax are separate and are not in this 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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