EUROPE SALARY BENCHMARKING 2025
Introduction
COREcruitment is an international recruitment consultancy with a team of over 50 expert consultants covering roles across the service industry, from head office/support roles to FMCG, restaurants, bars, events, venues, tech, I.T., finance, QSR, hotels, leisure, visitor attractions, facilities management…
Our worldwide specialist consultants are based: in the UK (London, Bristol, and the South-West), France (Montpellier), South Africa (Cape Town), Canada (Vancouver), the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and the UAE (Dubai).
Our Executive Search/NED division covers senior/director level placements across all sectors within the agency, both at national and global levels as well as supporting relocation searches.
Working within a business, supporting entry level employees through to their CEO, enables us to gain true insight, and we feel, allows businesses to trust in us as recruitment partners. Whether an organisation is looking for director level support positions such as a HR director or a Head of Supply Chain or confidentially recruiting for a new CEO, our search options are flexible and adaptable.
As the industry grows and changes, we are finding that businesses are looking for insight when it comes to salaries and benefits packages, especially for executive level positions.
Our salaries benchmark is a helpful guidance tool based on current information collated during screenings and market research.
About this report
This report includes detailed scaled salary information specific full-time professional positions across the markets of Spain, Portugal,Germany, France and Italy.
The scope of the datais at national & international levels
The data for each position is broken down in three banding categories:
Band A → Entry level / lowest end of the market’s pay norm.
Minimum experience
Band B → Median range of the market.
Average level of experience with most of the necessary skills.
Band C → Top end of salary offers for hiring or retaining individuals.
Higher experience, superior skills, finer institutional/business knowledge and exceeding responsibilities. Market’s rarest resource and top talent’s worth according to market key factors and dynamics.
Salary bandings provide:
a standardised framework for setting and comparing salaries across roles and departments. help in maintaining or setting consistency in pay structure. comparison with current compensation packages against industry standards and competitors. support to remain competitive in attracting and retaining talent. predictable salary expenses and aids in financial planning and forecasting. career development and progression support by providing clear salary ranges for different levels of roles. framework for salary negotiations during recruitment and performance reviews help in maintaining internal equity
About this report
It is not intended as a nominative description of what salaries ought to be but is aimed at presenting the most current salaries in businesses in line with the client’s business within the specific countries or locations
This salary benchmarking survey captures the most detailed available data on any given positions.
COREcruitment are currently exploring ways to more accurately gather a broader, more inclusive range of demographic data from respondents, institutions and businesses throughout the industry.
The data gathered in these reports is subject to change over time and should not be considered as fixed information.
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GERMANY
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
GENERAL
Positions
FRANCE
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
GENERAL
Positions
SPAIN
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HUMAN RESOURCES
MARKETING
GENERAL
Positions
PORTUGAL
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
BACK OF HOUSE SUPERVISOR From 10€/hour minimum (21,000€ to 25,000€)
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
GENERAL
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
BACK OF HOUSE SUPERVISOR From 11.70€/hour minimum (25,550€/year)
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
Positions
HOSPITALITY FOOD & BEVERAGES
GENERAL
Positions
THE NETHERLANDS
HOSPITALITY & FOOD & BEVERAGE
SALARYCHECKER–2025
POSITIONS
GROUP HR DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE CHEF
HEAD CHEF
TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
FINANCE MANAGER
FACILITIES MANAGER
HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER
SALES MANAGER
RESERVATIONS MANAGER
MARKETING MANAGER
FRONT OFFICE MANAGER
FRONT OFFICE ASSISTANT
MANAGER FOOD & BEVERAGE
MANAGER HOUSEKEEPING
MANAGER RESTAURANT MANAGER
BAR MANAGER
Band A Band B
120,000€ - 130,000€
55,000€ - 70,000€
50,000€ - 60.000€
40,000€ - 45,000€
35,000€ – 40,000€
115,000€ - 125,000€
75,000€ - 80,000€
60,000€ - 65,000€
120,000€ - 130,000€
75,000€ - 80,000€
30,000€ - 38,000€
40,000€ - 50,000€
29,000€ – 35,000€
26,000€ - 30,000€
40,000€ – 43,000€
50,000€ - 55,000€
50,000€ - 55,000€
35,000€ - 37,000€
130,000€ - 140,000€
70,000€ - 95,000€
60,000€ - 70,000€ 48,000€ - 55,000€ 40,000€ - 50,000€
- 135,000€ 80,000€ - 85,000€
- 70,000€ 130,000€ - 140,000€ 80,000€ - 90,000€
40,000€ - 45,000€
- 55,000€
- 42,000€
- 38,000€
- 48,000€ 58,000€ - 68,000€ 55,000€ - 60,000€
37,000€ - 40,000€
BELGIUM
HOSPITALITY & FOOD & BEVERAGE
SALARYCHECKER–2025
POSITIONS
GROUP HR DIRECTOR
CULINARY DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE CHEF
HEAD CHEF
TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
FINANCE MANAGER
FACILITIES MANAGER
HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER
SALES MANAGER
RESERVATIONS MANAGER
MARKETING MANAGER
FRONT OFFICE MANAGER
FRONT OFFICE ASSISTANT
MANAGER FOOD & BEVERAGE
MANAGER HOUSEKEEPING
MANAGER RESTAURANT MANAGER
BAR MANAGER
Band A
90,000€ - 100,000€
80,000€ - 85,000€
75,000€ - 80,000€
65,000€ - 70,000€
40,000€ - 45,000€
60.000€ - 65,000€
100,000€ - 110,000€
70,000€ - 80,000€
40,000€ - 45,000€
105,000€ - 115,000€
55,000€ - 70,000€
27,000€ - 30,000€
45,000€ - 50,000€
45,000€ – 50,000€
35,000€ - 37,000€
50,000€ – 52,000€
38,000€ - 40,000€
35,000€ - 42,000€
40,000€
Band B
100,000€ - 110,000€
85,000€ - 90,000€
80,000€ - 85,000€
70,000€ - 80,000€
45,000€ - 50,000€
70,000€ - 75,000€
110,000€ - 125,000€
80,000€ - 85,000€
45,000€ - 55,000€
120,000€ - 135,000€
70,000€ - 85,000€
30,000€ - 35,000€
50,000€ - 58,000€
50,000€ - 55,000€
37,000€ - 43,000€
52,000€ - 55,000€
40,000€ - 43,000€
42,000€ - 51,000€ 45,000€
* for high-end & luxury operations
Band A = entry and average salary market offers
Band B = higher skills and business influence/responsibilities – Top end operators & operations