Waiter or Waitress

About the job: Waiters or Waitresses are restaurant or any dining facility server. They serve food to the customers. This job requires shorter training compared to other jobs. Also, it has many part-time job offers, so you can choose to work at morning or at night.

Where will you work: Waiters or Waitresses usually work in restaurant and other areas or places where food is being served.

What will you do: More often than not, the following are the responsibilities of waiters and waitresses:

  • Greet guests, assist the customers to their tables, provide the menu, and explain the best food offered by the establishment
  • Assist the customers with regard to choosing food
  • Take the order
  • Inform the kitchen staff about the order
  • Prepare the drink and serve the food and drink to the customer
  • Clean the table
  • Collect the payment from the customer
  • Prepare dining areas
  • Oversee the needed condiments

How to Become a Waiter or Waitress: No formal education required generally. Some states require you to have food handler card or certification.

Job skills / requirements: In order to become a good waiter, you should be:

  • Healthy and strong as the job requires carrying trays with food and drink
  • Alert in terms of the needs and other things that are going on in the restaurant
  • Particular with details

Industry: food service

Minimum age: The minimum age is 16 or 18 years old.

Expected wage: The pay is roughly $10.47 per hour

Similar name: service crew, food server

Related jobs: bartender, cashiers, flight attendant, food service managers, food and beverage serving and related workers, food service managers, retail sales workers

O-NET Online Reference
35-3031.00 – Waiters and Waitresses

Most Hiring Server

Companies that mostly hire Server are:

Bob Evans Restaurants

Bob Evans Restaurants

Restaurants & Cafes
Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Restaurants & Cafes
The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory

Restaurants & Cafes
Red Robin

Red Robin

Restaurants & Cafes

Most Hiring Minors (Under 18) as a Server

The minimum hiring age of a Server is generally 14 years old, yet the minimum age specified in job postings as a Server is 14 years old, varied by locations.

  • Can 12-13 work as a Server? No, minors under 14 may not work for an employer, except in family business. Learn more Child Labor
  • Can 14 year olds work as a Server? Yes, there are companies that hire 14 year olds as a Server
  • Can 15 year olds work as a Server? Yes, there are companies that hire 15 year olds as a Server
  • Can 16 year olds work as a Server? Yes, there are companies that hire 16 year olds as a Server

Companies that tend to hire minors as a Server are:

Bob Evans Restaurants

Bob Evans Restaurants

Restaurants & Cafes
Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Restaurants & Cafes
Peter Piper Pizza

Peter Piper Pizza

Restaurants & Cafes
Oakmont Senior Living

Oakmont Senior Living

Health Care Services & Hospitals
Red Robin

Red Robin

Restaurants & Cafes

Companies That Hire Teens as a Server

The following is a list of 1,720 companies that have and may be actively posting job vacancies as a Server to which teenagers can submit job applications.

1-20 of 1,720

Bob Evans Restaurants

Bob Evans Restaurants

Restaurants & Cafes
Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Restaurants & Cafes
The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory

Restaurants & Cafes
Red Robin

Red Robin

Restaurants & Cafes
Peter Piper Pizza

Peter Piper Pizza

Restaurants & Cafes
Oakmont Senior Living

Oakmont Senior Living

Health Care Services & Hospitals

Server Jobs for Teens

16,957 jobs found

Server, Banquets (Winter 2023-2024)

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All Servers must be 18 years of age, or older. Free shift meals and employee discounts. Other supplemental insurance offerings for those that have not met the…

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