No Progressive Wage Model in S'pore's F&B sector yet, but waiter charts own path up wage ladder

Latest publicly available data shows that the median gross monthly salary of a waiter was $1,696. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
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SINGAPORE - After almost a decade in the F&B industry, Peter, 32, now earns a gross monthly salary of about $3,500 - more than double that the O-level holder received when he joined the industry in 2011.

And he has done it all, from waiter to bartender and now supervisor.

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