Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary in Odessa, Texas

The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Odessa, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food servers, nonrestaurant in Odessa is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in Odessa, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$21,040
25th Percentile Wage
$23,450
50th Percentile Wage
$27,680
75th Percentile Wage
$28,220
90th Percentile Wage
$30,410

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant in Odessa, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $30,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,680. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,040.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food servers, nonrestaurant from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$27,680
1.41% 35.30%
2021
$27,290
29.72% -
2020
$19,180
-0.21% -
2019
$19,220
6.56% -
2018
$17,960
-4.23% -
2017
$18,720
4.33% -
2016
$17,910
2.07% -
2015
$17,540
-2.11% -
2012
$17,910
- -

Table 2. Compare Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Salary in Odessa with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $27,680, Odessa is the second highest paying city for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Midland (median annual salary of $30,500). Compared with Midland, the median annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Odessa is 9.2 percent (9.2%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Midland
$30,500
Odessa
$27,680
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$27,060
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$26,540
Corpus Christi
$25,840
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$25,570
Lubbock
$25,490
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$25,130
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$24,680
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$24,680
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$24,110
Tyler
$23,500
Amarillo
$23,340
Abilene
$23,150
Texarkana-Texarkana
$22,880
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,430
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,410
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$22,310
Laredo
$22,150
College Station-Bryan
$22,140
Waco
$22,010
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$22,000
Wichita Falls
$21,880
Victoria
$21,820
Sherman-Denison
$21,770
El Paso
$21,520
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$21,190
San Angelo
$19,330
Longview
$19,230
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$19,100
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,860
Fort Worth-Arlington
$18,860
Brownsville-Harlingen
$18,810

See also: Top paying jobs in Odessa, Texas.