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What sommeliers make
Median for the group
$35,230
Bottom tenth
$18,100
Top tenth
$64,720
The federal wage survey has no separate line for sommeliers. It counts them inside Waiters and Waitresses, where the national median is $35,230 a year. The bottom tenth earn $18,100 or less and the top tenth $64,720 or more (2025 federal wage survey). These yearly figures are the hourly rate times 2,080 hours, 40 hours a week all year, and they cover every server, not only sommeliers.