Beverage server vs tender

The differences between beverage servers and tenders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a tender has an average salary of $33,595, which is higher than the $25,886 average annual salary of a beverage server.

The top three skills for a beverage server include drink orders, guest service and beverage orders. The most important skills for a tender are customer service, mix drinks, and POS.

Beverage server vs tender overview

	Beverage Server	Tender
Yearly salary	$25,886	$33,595
Hourly rate	$12.45	$16.15
Growth rate	10%	3%
Number of jobs	79,100	25,199
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	28	40
Years of experience	-	6

Beverage server vs tender salary

Beverage servers and tenders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Beverage Server	Tender
Average salary	$25,886	$33,595
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $33,000	Between $24,000 And $46,000
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Differences between beverage server and tender education

There are a few differences between a beverage server and a tender in terms of educational background:

	Beverage Server	Tender
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Beverage server vs tender demographics

Here are the differences between beverage servers' and tenders' demographics:

	Beverage Server	Tender
Average age	28	40
Gender ratio	Male, 13.6% Female, 86.4%	Male, 56.6% Female, 43.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 8.3% White, 54.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 3.5% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	6%	4%

Differences between beverage server and tender duties and responsibilities

Beverage server example responsibilities.

Open and close the register, provide credit card and cash reports, and batches on POS.
Learned more about different liquor, cocktails and wine, drink mixes and special drink of the month.
Work with large amounts of cash as well as credit cards, and knowledge of the POS system.
Present menus to guest, answer and give information about menu items such as wine selections to pair with meal.
Maintain cleanliness in assign section utilizing a silent service approach.
Supervise daily operations to ensure food safety, product preparation, cleanliness standards are maintain.

Tender example responsibilities.

Train and manage all new bartenders achieving significant results in their productivity and knowledge.
Receive formal bartending training under the number one rate bartender in southern Florida.
Weigh materials to be charge into furnaces using scales, remove impurities from surface of molten metal using strainers.
Start as bar back and work up to bartending shift, bartender and server, fast pace, high volume bar/venue.
Clean taps and lines, switch out kegs, and service keg line fobs to ensure the best quality beer pour.
Provide topside support for commercial dive operations.

Beverage server vs tender skills

Common beverage server skills

Drink Orders, 10%
Guest Service, 9%
Beverage Orders, 8%
Exceptional Guest, 6%
Guest Satisfaction, 5%
Professional Appearance, 5%

Common tender skills

Customer Service, 23%
Mix Drinks, 15%
POS, 8%
Craft Beer, 8%
Bartending, 7%
Fine Dining, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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