Then the contingency is not altogether remote that sir has not weighed their emoluments sufficiently.
The 2008 salary survey (PDF format, 96.8K, external website) from Greycoats Placements - a recruitment agency specialising in high-calibre domestic staff - provides a fascinating insight into the rarely-discussed realm of just what a modern Bertie Wooster might have to pay his Jeeves.
Live-in butlers in rural regions command between £23,000 and £28,000 a year on average, while those in the capital can expect to receive between £28,000 and £33,000. Live-out butlers are costlier still, with wages reaching as high as £35,000 (rural) and £40,000 (London).
Full-time chauffeurs are a different proposition entirely, with annual salaries starting at £30,000 for both London and rural models.
The survey additionally provides useful guidance notes, including whether one ought to provide one's help with a uniform (one ought - or a suit allowance for a chauffeur) and whether one ought to expect live-in staff to pay utility bills (one really oughtn't).
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