How much can waiters at high end restaurants in New Orleans make?

You've heard right but it's not steady. May make $15,000 in December and $2,000 in August.

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I've often heard 6 figures

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For some of the older ones who do it for 30+ years, easily. They get a nice crowd of regulars and they're set. My great aunt and uncle used to go out to all the fancy restaurants in town and "their" waiter would always wait on them and my aunt and uncle tipped very nicely for the personal service. VERY nicely.

They make river pilot money.

Meh, I think y’all are pushing it. It is possible to make around 100k, but it is definitely a very very rare occurrence.

To make 100k, they would need to clear $400 EVERY night 5 x a week and no vacations.

Let’s say they are able to pull in about 400-500 a night (which is on the very high end), they still have to tip out bussers bar and host and maybe a back server.

I would say about 60k is more accurate and only for someone working in a always packed nice restaurant 5 shifts a week.

It is extremely difficult to make 100k as a waiter in NOLA. In NYC it's very possible but even those jobs are coveted positions. 50-60k is the norm at a very high end Nola restaurant.

$30-$42k in New Orleans 2013 dollars.

$500 sounds a little low for a weekend high end, but remember a lot of places are splitting those tips in the kitchen.

True, the tipouts probably eat into those numbers a good bit.

I don't believe the figures in that link, though. That's reported income. I bet the real number is 25% higher.

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To make 100k, they would need to clear $400 EVERY night 5 x a week and no vacations.

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You are not very good at math.

52 weeks in a year
400 x 5 = 2000
100,000 / 2000 = 50
52 - 50 = 2 weeks of vacation