Average salaries across sector revealed

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Salary breakdown: we've looked at wages in a range of different roles across the sector (Image: Getty/sturti)

The Morning Advertiser looks at a breakdown of average salary status throughout the hospitality industry, with recent recorded wages per annum throughout 2023, and 2024 provided by Access hospitality, Indeed UK and Reed recruitment agency.

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.