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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary in Minneapolis, MN

The median food servers, nonrestaurant in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI earns $36,420 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,414 a month.

10th percentile
$34,420
25th percentile
$35,580
Median percentile
$36,420
75th percentile
$38,700
90th percentile
$45,040

Based on 6,740 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$28,967 take-home a year
Gross pay$36,420
Federal income tax−$2,190
Social Security + Medicare−$2,786
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$2,477
Monthly take-home$2,414
Every two weeks$1,114

Does it go far here?

$34,745Median pay in Minneapolis, MN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.8 vs 100).
60%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,440 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minneapolis, MN

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$378,730
Emergency Medicine Physicians$367,120
General Internal Medicine Physicians$330,200
Family Medicine Physicians$283,060
Nurse Anesthetists$258,570
Pediatricians, General$226,280
Dentists, General$219,980
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$211,470

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