The annual salary statistics of waiters and waitresses in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of waiters and waitresses in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $24,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,000 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,780 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for waiters and waitresses in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $57,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of waiters and waitresses from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $29,780 | 0.60% | 27.97% |
| 2016 | $29,600 | 7.80% | - |
| 2015 | $27,290 | 16.78% | - |
| 2014 | $22,710 | 3.65% | - |
| 2013 | $21,880 | 1.97% | - |
| 2012 | $21,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,780 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for waiters and waitresses in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of waiters and waitresses in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 17.6 percent (17.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 34.9 percent (34.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.