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> Anders,
> Do you know how servers are usually paid, pre-gratuity, in Scandinavia?
> brian
Sure, found easily official figures from 1 October 2004 saying average
monthly salary for waiters, bartenders including the maître d' - is
20.000-22.000 NOK, which would be 3300-3600USD.
Direct comparison with US salaries is a futile exercise, however - levels of
taxation and prices are very different.
It makes more sense comparing to industrial wages which in Norway would be
about 28.000 NOK a month, i.e. 4600USD.
Salaries in Sweden are about 20-30% lower, but so are the prices.
Anders