SALARY · WAITERS AND WAITRESSES · MARYLAND

Waiters and Waitresses salary in Maryland

If Maryland is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for waiters and waitresses was $36,750. 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

$36,750

$18 per hour at the median · That is $1,520 (4.3 percent) above the national median of $35,230 for this occupation.

$43,950Mean annual salary
$21Mean hourly wage
$38,120People employed in this job in Maryland

Salary range

25th: $32,820Median: $36,75075th: $47,720
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$32,820
Median (50th percentile)$36,750
75th percentile$47,720
Mean$43,950

The middle half of workers earned from $32,820 to $47,720 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

$31,709 a year
$2,642 a month
Federal tax $2,230 · FICA $2,811

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Maryland is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Maryland 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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