Sommelier salary
What a sommelier actually earns, from 246 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see sommelier pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A sommelier earns a blended US median near 49,838 dollars, with the typical middle running from 35,620 dollars to 66,990 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is hotel manager, at 19 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open sommelier roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Sommelier at GILLES VARONESavièse, Valais, Switzerland2d agoApply- Sommelier/ère 50% at Pizzeria RosmarinoAvry-sur-Matran, Fribourg, Switzerland5d agoApply
- Sommelier ou sommelière à 60-80% at Restaurant La PrusseOrvin, Bern, Switzerland5d agoApply
Sommelier/ère 100% (m/w/d) at Hotel Schweizerhof Bern AGBern, Bern, Switzerland1w agoApply
Sommelier at Grace St. Moritz GmbHSt. Moritz, Graubünden, Switzerland1w agoApply
Sommelier IGNIV (m/w/d) at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AGBad Ragaz, St. Gallen, Switzerland1w agoApply
By country
- United States$35,620$49,838$66,990
- United Kingdom$42,323$49,663$55,433
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a sommelier profile already covers.
- 48 open hotel manager roles$69,082 median · +$19,244 · 19% readiness
- 293 open chef roles$64,916 median · +$15,078 · 18% readiness
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Related salaries
- Hotel Manager salary$69,082 median
- Chef salary$64,916 median
Quick answers
How much does a sommelier make?
The blended US median is about 49,838 dollars, with a typical range from 35,620 dollars to 66,990 dollars.
What can a sommelier move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is hotel manager, at 19 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code null. Live corpus 246 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.