Average annual salaries for waiting and catering staff
30 September 2003 by Hospitality Training Foundation
In 2002, the lowest-paid waiting and catering staff were plate waiters, bar persons and kitchen porters.
London-based silver service waiters, bar persons and kitchen porters have seen the largest fall in salary levels. In the rest of the UK this is not the case, with the salaries of butlers and head waiters suffering the most.
Average annual salaries for waiting and catering staff in London
| 2002 | Movement on 2001 | |
| Head butler Butler Head waiter/waitress Silver service waiter/waitress Plate waiter/waitress Bar person Kitchen porter | £19,150 £16,400 £16,100 £12,100 £11,250 £10,650 £11,100 | +2.4% +3.3% +3.3% -5.8% +1.6% -3.9% -5.1% |
Average annual salaries for waiting and catering staff in the rest of the UK
| 2002 | Movement on 2001 | |
| Head butler Butler Head waiter/waitress Silver service waiter/waitress Plate waiter/waitress Bar person Kitchen porter | £21,150 £14,000 £11,400 £10,450 £9,900 £10,300 £9,700 | +8.2% -7.9% -9.3% +0.7% +5.0% +1.5% +2.3% |
Source: Labour Market Review 2003, published by the Hospitality Training Foundation. The figures are taken from the Mayday Salary Survey.
