Waiter
What you will do
- Take orders and serve guests in the dining room
- Present the menu and recommend dishes and drinks
- Take payment at the till
- Keep the room and the tables in order
You must have
- Able to work evenings and weekends
- [Estonian] at conversational level
- [English] for serving guests
Good to have
- Previous experience in service
- [Russian or Finnish]
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
Job title Waiter Where [town or address], on site Hours [Full or part time], on a rota, including evenings and weekends Pay [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax Contract [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date] What you will do • Take orders and serve guests in the dining room • Present the menu and recommend dishes and drinks • Take payment at the till • Keep the room and the tables in order You must have • Able to work evenings and weekends • [Estonian] at conversational level • [English] for serving guests Good to have • Previous experience in service • [Russian or Finnish] How to apply [your link], by [date] Your answer Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How these figures are made
Estonia
- Waiters (ISCO 5131)
- average 1,381 €, median 1,250 €
- Food service counter attendants (ISCO 5246)
- average 1,238 €, median 1,176 €
Full-time equivalent gross monthly pay by workplace, all of Estonia. The median is the pay that half the people in the group earn more than and half less. Source Statistics Estonia's pay app, checked on 1 October 2026. The usual range is the middle half of people in the group, the 25th to the 75th percentile, estimated from Statistics Estonia's pay bands of 500 €. A quarter of them are recorded below the minimum wage, which full-time work may not pay (946 € a month from 1 April 2026), so the range starts at the minimum wage.
What the job pays in other countries
It pays most in Denmark, about 3.2 times the Estonian median, though the Danish figure includes pension. If you send workers abroad or hire from there, this is the comparison that matters.
| Country | Median | Usual range | In euros a month | Occupation group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstoniaQ2 2026 | 1,250 € | 946–1,818 € | 1,250 € | Waiters (5131) |
| Finland2024 | 2,680 € | not published | 2,680 € | Waiters (5131) |
| Sweden2025 | 30,200 SEK | 27,900–33,700 SEK | ≈ 2,675 € | Waiters (5131) |
| Norway2025 | 38,970 NOK | 35,210–43,300 NOK | ≈ 3,598 € | Waiters (5131) |
| Denmark2025 | 29,611 DKK | 23,763–37,973 DKK | ≈ 3,962 € | Waiters (5131) |
| Germany2025 | 2,652 € | 2,275–3,128 € | 2,652 € | Gastronomy occupations (without specialisation) – skilled tasks (63302) |
| United Kingdom2025 | 22,936 GBP a year | 18,363–27,395 GBP a year | ≈ 2,248 € | Waiters and waitresses (9264) |
Median pay for full-time work from each country's official source: Statistics Estonia, Statistics Finland, Statistics Sweden, Statistics Norway, Statistics Denmark, Federal Employment Agency, Office for National Statistics. The sources count slightly differently. Denmark's figure includes pension, Germany's holiday and Christmas pay, and the United Kingdom publishes a year's pay, divided by twelve here for the monthly comparison. Jobs are grouped by ISCO-08. Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have their own classifications, matched to it, and "closest group" marks a group that is near, not the same. Where a country counts fewer than 2,000 people in a job's first group and more in its second, the second is used. The usual range is the middle half of people in the job, the 25th to the 75th percentile. Finland publishes only the 10th and 90th, so it has none. In euros at the European Central Bank rate of 2 October 2026, 1 € = 11.29 SEK, 1 € = 10.83 NOK, 1 € = 7.47 DKK and 1 € = 0.85 GBP. These figures describe the market, not the minimum a collective agreement sets.