Are you looking for a Job in the Maldives in any of the hospitality establishments? It would be a wise idea to check the cost of living and salary beforehand. While it is extremely difficult to give a precise figure, this post gives a rough guide to average Salary offered in the Maldives for the most popular Hospitality industry jobs.
This post includes key positions in the hotel industry.
So, if you are exploring Maldives hotel job salaries, stay right with us here.
If you are exploring hospitality salaries in Dubai, we have another post covering the Average salary in the hospitality industry in Dubai.
Let’s get started with listing the Maldives hotel jobs salaries in general below.
Food & Beverage Service Department Salaries
We will try to cover the salary range of the most common hospitality positions in the Maldives here for the Food & Beverage department.
Whether it’s a query about Waiter’s salary in the Maldives or that of a Bartender or the salary range of Food and Beverage Director, we have tried to cover it all here.
- All figures mentioned in this post are in United States Dollar ($). Please convert from US$ to your local currency from any of the currency conversion sites like Xe.com or OANDA.
| Job Position | Salary Range / Month (US$) |
| Food Server/Waiter/Waitress | 400- 650 |
| Hostess | 400- 800 |
| Bartender | 350- 750 |
| Food and Beverage Supervisor / Bar Supervisor | 600- 900 |
| Hotel Service Supervisor | 2,000- 3,000 |
| Bar Manager / Outlet Manager | 1,000- 2,500 |
| Cafeteria Manager / Restaurant Manager | 1,200-3,000 |
| Assistant Food and Beverage Manager | 2,500- 4,500 |
| Food and Beverage Manager | 3,500- 6,000 |
| Food and Beverage Service Director | 5,000- 8,000 |
The salaries in the Maldives in the hotel industry are normally tax-free and most of the properties also provide free accommodation, food, transportation and medical insurance.
Service charges are provided which varies from property to property.
Service charges are normally very good in the Maldives normally falling in the range $150- $800 a month.
This is a big range but even the hospitality industry is huge in the Maldives and Hospitality and Tourism is the major source of income for this island.
Food & Beverage Production Department / Kitchen Salaries
If you are looking for Chef salaries in the Maldives, we have got this covered for you right here.
The salaries in the Kitchen department is even vaguer as it depends on a lot of factors including experience, cuisine expertise, presentation, last drawn salary and more.
We have listed some of the chef salaries in the table below. Have a look!
| Job Position | Salary Range / Month (US$) |
| Commis | 400- 750 |
| Commis Chef -1 | 400- 900 |
| DCDP (Demi Chef de Partie) | 500- 1,200 |
| CDP (Chef de Partie) | 700- 1,800 |
| Sous Chef | 1,800- 3,000 |
| Executive Sous Chef | 2,000 – 4,000 |
| Executive Pastry Chef | 2,000- 4,000 |
| Executive Chef | 3,000 – Above |
A comprehensive list of salaries is compiled by Paylab that has included almost every position in the Maldives not limited to the Hospitality business.
You can explore all the salaries at Paylab should you find that the position of your interest is missing here.
We have however tried to cut short your work by listing all details and covering the wages of the most common hospitality job roles in the Maldives.
Check out the screenshot grab below that displays the minimum and maximum wages in the hospitality industry in the Maldives (the figure is in local currency MVR and includes service charges and bonuses).
Housekeeping Department Salaries in the Maldives
The housekeeping department normally employs the maximum number of staff in most hotels.
They need to deal with the upkeep and cleanliness of the overall hospitality establishment.
If you are looking for room attendant salaries or of other housekeeping position in the Maldives, then the below table does exactly the same.
| Job Position | Salary Range / Month (US$) |
| Room Attendant / Linen Attendant / Public Area Attendant | 350- 600 |
| Housekeeping Supervisor | 500- 800 |
| Sr. Supervisor Housekeeping | 600- 1400 |
| Assistant Manager Housekeeping/
Assistant Executive Housekeeper | 1,500- 3,500 |
| Executive Housekeeper | 3,000- 5000 |
Front Office and Reservations Salary averages
There are a lot of positions in the Front desk and reservations department of the hotel chains.
We can’t, unfortunately, list all the positions here as that would be too many.
Covering all Maldives hotel jobs salaries would be very difficult but we have ensured that you have enough resources here to make an educated guess for the remaining positions as well.
However, you can make an educated guess by looking at the below salaries which includes salaries in the Maldives of Front office associate, supervisor and managerial level.
You can map roles based on broad categories and get a fair idea of what remunerations you can expect the while working in the Maldives in the Hospitality sector.
We would like to reiterate here that these are average wages offered in the Maldives.
Service charges as already mentioned are offered on top of the basic salary.
Service charges are dependent on the business of the hotel and would vary from hotel to hotel.
Let’s now check out some of the salaries in the Maldives for Front Office and Reservations Department jobs.
| Job Position | Salary Range / Month (US$) |
| Receptionist / Front Office Associate | 500- 1,000 |
| Reservations Agent | 600- 1000 |
| Guest Relation Executive (GRE) | 800- 1,200 |
| Front Office Supervisor | 900- 1,800 |
| Duty Manager | 2,500- 4,000 |
| Head Concierge | 2,000- 3,500 |
| Front office Manager / Reservations Manager | 3,000- 4,500 |
Other Key Maldives Hospitality Jobs Salary ranges
There are various other positions in a hotel and more broadly in the hospitality industry.
There is probably no position in the world that might not have a presence in the hospitality industry.
Our article on career and hospitality job types and positions has covered a lot of details about the many career paths and job positions in hospitality.
We have listed below some more salaries in the Maldives for the hotel department.
Apart from those mentioned in this article, these job positions are extremely popular among expats who cherish working in the hospitality industry in the Maldives.
| Job Title | Average Salary / month ($) | Department |
| Assistant Human Resource Manager | 1,000- 2,000 | Administration / HR |
| Chief Engineer | 3,500- 5,000 | Engineering |
| Conference Services | 400- 700 | Conference |
| Head Concierge | 2,000- 3,500 | Front office |
| Human Resources Associate | 800 – 1,400 | Administration / HR |
| Human Resource Managers | 3,000- 4,500 | Administration / HR |
| Sales Manager | 3,500- 6,500 | Sales & Marketing |
| Spa Manager | 3,000- 5,000 | Spa |
| Spa Therapist | 700- 1,200 | Spa |
The average salary of hotel General manager in the Maldives is between USD 3,200 and USD 7,500.
If you are still with us, we have saved this key information for the last.
However, there is no salary bar for the perfect fit for this crucial job role.
Most would fall in this range as is evident from the details and screengrab from Payscale. This website has a lot more data about salaries and can help you do a lot of research on expected wages and cost of living and more.
It is also important to know the cost of living for a better judgment.
There is an interesting article here with the link providing details of the cost of living in the Maldives. This will help you estimate your monthly expenses.
Wrapping it all up
All the above figures on average hotel job salaries offered in the Maldives are indicative based on client research and web research.
This is to support job seekers in their research and in no manner do we claim the accuracy of the below-average figures as this may vary from time to time.
The mentioned figures are accurate to the best of our knowledge and also includes information and feedback from hospitality professionals who are working in or have worked in the Maldives.
We will continue updating the salaries and add new positions to keep the post updated.
Also, read the Hotel Management Salary Guide for more insights on how much the hoteliers earn around the globe.
The salary offered differs depending on property and location in the Maldives.
While a lot of resorts pay more salary, restaurants barring the high-end one pay lesser salaries.
Salaries are also dependent on years of experience, previous salary and unfortunately at times nationality.
There are a lot more positions in the hospitality industry and every effort has been made to include the key positions for this post on average salaries in the Maldives.
Cruises and Aviation jobs tend to get higher salaries than the Hotel industry. Our future revision of this post will also include few salaries for positions in cruise lines and aviation sector.
