The world of hospitality has more than one million people in Spain working, a considerable figure within social security affiliates. However, the working conditions of these workers are, in general, precarious and often even worse.
The low salaries attached to the departure days and the consideration of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as ordinary working days, are the reasons why the majority of employment plaintiffs opt for other sectors. Given this situation, hoteliers such as Anyway Winebar, in Malaga, argue that the ideal salary of a waiter should not be less than 1,700 euros.
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“A fair salary for a waiter has to be between 1,700 euros and 2,000 euros”
This has been communicated by one of the workers of this premises in one of his videos published in Tiktok (@/Anywaywinebar), where according to his opinion, the working situation of the waiters and the staff working in hospitality today is quite delectable in our country.
The latest data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE) place the hospitality sector such as the one that records the lowest annual salary in Spain, 39.6% lower than the rest of the sectors, with an average of 16,374 euros.
The minimum interprofessional salary is the minimum remuneration amount perceived by the worker referring to the legal work day. It is regulated annually by the government and refers to the gross salary of workers. In Spain, it corresponds to 1,134 euros per month in 14 payments and in case of the extra payments, 1,323 euros monthly gross in 12 payments.
The hospitality sector records the lowest annual salary
Likewise, as the waiter recounts in the video where he presented some anecdotes that occurred throughout his career, he affirms that it is a little valued profession. However, as he says: “I chose the profession, he did not choose me, and I will die being a hotelier, I have it very clear,” he explains.
And this is where, under his experience, he reveals how much a hotel worker should charge. “I think that a fair salary for a waiter has to be between 1,700 euros and 2,000 euros,” he says.
As can be seen from this employee, this is one of the most sacrificed professions due to the dedicated hours, the attention to the public and the time that stands up or loading weight in the tray. In fact, as mentioned in the publication, on more than one occasion he lived a series of unpleasant experiences he had to face some clients.
Of course, on the other hand, everything influences what type of hospitality premises we work. It is not the same to be a waiter in a night hospitality business, than at one at the foot of the beach or in another in which only breakfasts are given.