Waiter Salary in London
Official ONS earnings for London, covering 23,000 jobs.
Median salary — London
£15,734
gross, per year, all employees
Mean
£17,525
Jobs measured
23,000
What most waiters actually earn
Half of waiters in London earn between £9,237 and £26,036. Earning above £26,036 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.
ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Other Elementary Services Occupations” group in London.
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of waiters earn less than this.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Waiters and waitresses
- SOC 2020 code
- 9264
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
ONS publishes a sampling error of 16.2% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank London against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.
Waiter salary FAQs
What is the average Waiter salary in London?
The median is £15,734 a year and the mean is £17,525, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; ASHE publishes no full-time split at regional level.
What is a good Waiter salary?
Half of waiters earn between £9,237 and £26,036. Anything above £26,036 is in the top quarter for the role.
Is this figure official?
Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 23,000 jobs in this occupation.
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