Average salaries across sector revealed

According to their recent survey, Access stated: ‘In 2023, 30% of the hospitality workers in the survey had an annual salary of £30,000 or less, whilst 13% had an annual salary of £60k or more. IN 2024, 37% have a salary of £30k or less, whilst 16% have a salary of £60k or more.’

Recorded salaries per annum ​

According to data from the Office of National statistics, recorded wages of various occupations throughout the hospitality trade in 2023 are as follows.

Kitchen team members:

Cooks, according to ONS average wages were at £21,777  

Chefs were recorded at £26,000.

Food preparation and hospitality trades were stood at £25,484.

According to Reed average salary checker, Commis chef wages were at £42,435

With sous chef wages: £43,820

CDP wages were discovered to be £43,253

Kitchen team member wages were also found to be at £54,411 according to Reed average salary checker.

Manager related roles:

According to Access:

Publican salaries and managers of licensed premises were noted at £33,477

With restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors, recorded at £30,717

Managers and proprietors in hospitality leisure services were logged at £32,477 per annum.

Bar and waiting staff:

According to Access, bar and catering supervisor wages stood at  £21,617

With catering and bar manager wages recorded to be at £25,901

With waiters and waitresses annual salaries standing at £18,426 according to Access. Contrastingly, recorded at £30,036 according to Reed.

Coffee shop workers were also stated to be at £19, 727 per annum according to Access Hospitality.

Comparatively, according to job site Indeed​, server salaries within hospitality were recorded at £24,760 with kitchen assistant wages standing at, £27,869, and kitchen porter wages at £21,453 alongside bar staff salaries at £19,179.