The Average Annual Wages Paid to Domestic With the Different Members of the Household

The following table of the average yearly wages paid to domestic with the various members of the household placed in the order in which they are usually ranked will serve as a guide to regulate the expenditure of an establishment. It is hardly necessary to remark on the other hand that no angry feelings on the part of a mistress towards her late servant should ever be allowed in the slightest degree to influence her so far as to induce her to disparage her maid's character. The house steward from 10 pounds to 80 pounds. The valet 25 to 50 or 20 to 30. The butler 25 to 50. The cook 20 to 40. The gardener 20 to 40, and the footman 20 to 40