SALARY · FOOD SERVERS, NONRESTAURANT · MARYLAND

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary in Maryland

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for food servers, nonrestaurant in Maryland: $36,650 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$36,650

$18 per hour at the median · That is $1,290 (3.6 percent) above the national median of $35,360 for this occupation.

$37,060Mean annual salary
$18Mean hourly wage
$6,600People employed in this job in Maryland

Salary range

25th: $34,450Median: $36,65075th: $38,660
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$34,450
Median (50th percentile)$36,650
75th percentile$38,660
Mean$37,060

The middle half of workers earned from $34,450 to $38,660 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 PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$31,628 a year
$2,636 a month
Federal tax $2,218 · FICA $2,804

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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