SALARY · WAITERS AND WAITRESSES · MICHIGAN

Waiters and Waitresses salary in Michigan

If Michigan is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for waiters and waitresses was $37,760. 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

$37,760

$18 per hour at the median · That is $2,530 (7.2 percent) above the national median of $35,230 for this occupation.

$44,910Mean annual salary
$22Mean hourly wage
$65,090People employed in this job in Michigan

Salary range

25th: $29,350Median: $37,76075th: $58,550
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$29,350
Median (50th percentile)$37,760
75th percentile$58,550
Mean$44,910

The middle half of workers earned from $29,350 to $58,550 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

$32,520 a year
$2,710 a month
Federal tax $2,351 · FICA $2,889

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