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What sommeliers make
Typical
$38,000
Floor sommelier
$31,000
Wine director
$62,000
Job Bank lists Sommelier inside its broad food and beverage server group, so the national median of $18.50 an hour, about $38,000 a year, reflects all servers rather than wine specialists. Treat it as the floor. Working sommeliers sit in the upper half and tips add to it.