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What sommeliers make
Typical
$35,230
Part time or new
$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 and the bottom tenth sit near $18,100. That number is dragged down by everyone working part time, so read it as the floor of the trade rather than the job.