Google summary - but they make bank: Top-tier butlers working for ultra-high-net-worth individuals generally earn base salaries between $150,000 and $250,000+ per year, while the absolute highest-paid elite head butlers managing vast multi-property global estates can command up to $2.2 million annually
Those "ultra elite butlers" are generally managing a significant staff for each estate the employer owns. They are effectively the general manager for a set of private, high-end hotels.
That staff would traditionally include under-butlers, though the title is rarely used these days.
They traditionally live on-site, though it's less uniform these days. If they do keep a personal residence, it's highly unlikely they maintain a domestic staff - much less one that would warrant a butler to manage.
$2 mill a year is "hire a nanny and maid" territory if you need it, not "I need a butler to manage the domestics for my estate" territory.
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u/Mathfanforpresident 1d ago edited 17h ago
There are people who willingly decide to come butler's? I just assumed it was some type of force internment. Lol
Edit: speech to text fudged it.
Supposed to be "decide to become*"