Use these restaurant salary averages as a guide for building your own restaurant team of professionals.
Restaurant Assistant Manager - responsible for day to day operations of the restaurant. Assist with table staff and food services management.
$31,000 - $33,000
Restaurant General Manager - directs daily operations of a restaurant, ensuring compliance of company standards for product preparation, delivery, customer relations, equipment maintenance, inventory and team management. Create value for restaurant shareholders.
$46,000 - $78,000
Restaurant Bartender - responsible for providing libations and offering customized drink recommendations.
$42,000
Restaurant Supervisor - responsible for supervising and managing restaurant staff. Ensure food handling standards are met; and handle guest requests in a professional manner.
$24,000
Restaurant Cook - entry level position to assist with kitchen tasks, and food preparations.
$19,000
Kitchen Manager - manage cooking and food preparation through supervisory skills. Normally require at least two years of supervisory experience in food production management.
$45,000
Private Chef - responsible for daily lunch and dinner preparation/service, special events, holidays, and family gatherings. Usually in a prominent private family home.
$59,000
Executive Sous Chef - responsible for training and motivating the kitchen staffs culinary skills through creativity, proper food utilization and organized production. In addition to creating, planning and executing all culinary functions of the restaurant.
$61,000
Sous Chef - responsible for ensuring that all meals coming from the kitchen for which they are responsible for are well prepared with regard to quality, consistency, eye appeal, taste and food cost. Will also provide training for all staff; meet corporate quality standards; and assist in establishing and enforcing food specifications, portion control, recipes and sanitation.
$35,000
Chef Manager - supervises cooks and oversees the preparation, portioning, garnishing, and storage of food. Estimates food consumption and purchases food.
$38,000
Executive Pastry Chef - lead the pastry kitchen operation including the production of all baked and pastry items, kitchen sanitation and staff performance. Lead the menu development, recipe development and food preparation for signature desserts.
$48,000
Assistant Pastry Chef - responsible for working directly with the Executive Pastry Chef in the daily operations. Position requires knowledge of high quality bread production, ice creams, sorbets, thought provoking pastry, sugar, chocolate and pastillage work.
$32,000
Waiter / Waitress - responsible for tray handling of plated meals, busing, serving hot & cold beverages, clearing tables, and stocks as needed.
$32,000
Foodrunner / Busboy - assist in serving and bring food to client table areas. Clear tables as need during course of meal.
$16,000
Hostess - responsible for greeting and efficiently seating guests in a restaurant that is properly maintained; managing efficient operations of the dining room, and facilitating the reservations process.
$20,000
