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It varies massively across the country and in most places servers are excluded from minimum wage laws. The federal minimum wage for servers is $2.13 an hour, with the expectation being that tips will get them up above $7.25 per hour (and that the employer should make up the difference if they don't). Some states have higher standards than this. $7.25 an hour with a 40 hour work week comes out to about $15,000 a year and of course a lot of these jobs don't offer any sort of healthcare benefits. Edit: I was curious to see what the actual average is opposed to the minimum. The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the average annaul wage at around $20,000 or $10 an hour. This data does include reported tips at least.