All occupations / 35-3031Texas pay · SOC 35-3031
Waiters and Waitresses May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.
Statewide pay BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates. Measure Annual pay Hourly pay 10th percentile $17,070 $8.21 25th percentile $17,950 $8.63 Median $23,240 $11.18 75th percentile $37,230 $17.90 90th percentile $47,590 $22.88 Average $29,750 $14.30
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 199,610 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $17,950 to $37,230 in 2025, a span of $19,280. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 31 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $20,650 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX to $28,110 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Abilene, TX $22,520 1,080 Amarillo, TX $22,710 2,040 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $27,260 19,170 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $22,400 2,250 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $21,230 450 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $21,010 2,430 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,950 1,260 College Station-Bryan, TX $22,800 2,410 Corpus Christi, TX $22,820 3,390 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $24,160 53,460 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,290 1,400 El Paso, TX $21,870 5,810 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $23,900 2,960 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $22,080 51,330 Killeen-Temple, TX $22,910 1,900 Laredo, TX $22,020 1,500 Longview, TX $22,240 1,430 Lubbock, TX $22,560 3,040 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $20,650 3,700 Midland, TX $23,700 1,560 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,150 3,530 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,120 1,860 Odessa, TX $22,600 1,400 San Angelo, TX $21,230 810 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $28,110 20,320 Sherman-Denison, TX $26,290 780 Texarkana, TX-AR $23,330 970 Tyler, TX $22,370 1,720 Victoria, TX $22,330 580 Waco, TX $23,010 1,680 Wichita Falls, TX $22,980 840
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Anderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Andrews: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Angelina: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Aransas: Corpus Christi, TX Archer: Wichita Falls, TX Armstrong: Amarillo, TX Atascosa: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bailey: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bandera: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Baylor: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bee: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bell: Killeen-Temple, TX Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Blanco: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Borden: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bosque: Waco, TX Bowie: Texarkana, TX-AR Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brazos: College Station-Bryan, TX Brewster: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Briscoe: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brooks: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brown: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Burleson: College Station-Bryan, TX Burnet: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Calhoun: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Callahan: Abilene, TX Cameron: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Camp: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Carson: Amarillo, TX Cass: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Castro: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Cherokee: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Childress: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Clay: Wichita Falls, TX Cochran: Lubbock, TX Coke: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coleman: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Collingsworth: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Colorado: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Comanche: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Concho: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cooke: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coryell: Killeen-Temple, TX Cottle: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crane: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crockett: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crosby: Lubbock, TX Culberson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallam: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dawson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Deaf Smith: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Delta: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX DeWitt: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dickens: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dimmit: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Donley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Duval: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Eastland: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ector: Odessa, TX Edwards: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Erath: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Falls: Waco, TX Fannin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fayette: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Floyd: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Foard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Franklin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Freestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Frio: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gaines: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Garza: Lubbock, TX Gillespie: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Glasscock: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Goliad: Victoria, TX Gonzales: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gray: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Grayson: Sherman-Denison, TX Gregg: Longview, TX Grimes: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Guadalupe: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Hale: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hamilton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hansford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardeman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardin: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Harrison: Longview, TX Hartley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Haskell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Hemphill: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Henderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hidalgo: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Hill: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hockley: Lubbock, TX Hood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hopkins: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Houston: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Howard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Hutchinson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Irion: San Angelo, TX Jack: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jackson: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jasper: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jeff Davis: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jefferson: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Jim Hogg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Wells: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jones: Abilene, TX Karnes: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kenedy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kent: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kerr: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kimble: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area King: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kinney: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kleberg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Knox: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamar: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lampasas: Killeen-Temple, TX La Salle: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lavaca: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lee: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Leon: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Limestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lipscomb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Live Oak: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Llano: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Loving: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lubbock: Lubbock, TX Lynn: Lubbock, TX McCulloch: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area McLennan: Waco, TX McMullen: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Madison: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Marion: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Martin: Midland, TX Mason: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Matagorda: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Menard: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Midland: Midland, TX Milam: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mills: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mitchell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montague: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Moore: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Morris: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Motley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nacogdoches: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Navarro: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Newton: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nolan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nueces: Corpus Christi, TX Ochiltree: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Oldham: Amarillo, TX Orange: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Palo Pinto: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Panola: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Parmer: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Pecos: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Polk: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Potter: Amarillo, TX Presidio: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rains: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Randall: Amarillo, TX Reagan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Real: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Red River: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Reeves: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Refugio: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Roberts: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Robertson: College Station-Bryan, TX Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Runnels: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rusk: Longview, TX Sabine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Augustine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Patricio: Corpus Christi, TX San Saba: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Schleicher: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Scurry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shackelford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shelby: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sherman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Smith: Tyler, TX Somervell: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Starr: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stephens: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sterling: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stonewall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sutton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Swisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Taylor: Abilene, TX Terrell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Terry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Throckmorton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Titus: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tom Green: San Angelo, TX Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Trinity: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tyler: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Upshur: Longview, TX Upton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Uvalde: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Val Verde: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Van Zandt: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Victoria: Victoria, TX Walker: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Ward: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Washington: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Webb: Laredo, TX Wharton: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wheeler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wichita: Wichita Falls, TX Wilbarger: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Willacy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wilson: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Winkler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Wood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Yoakum: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Young: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Zapata: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Zavala: Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.