A starting butler can expect to make somewhere between $40,000 to $50,000 a year. This number will increase with experience, training, and prestige, to well over $200,000. It is also predicted that the market for butlers will remain strong into the future as more newly wealthy individuals seek out household help.

• Butlers in private service and in hotels may also receive a variety of perks including extravagant paid vacations.
• A butler can be a live-in or live-out employee.
• Most butlers work an average of 60 hours per week or more.