Different Domestic Worker Jobs
- Au pair, foreign-national domestic assistant working for, and living as part of, a host family
- Babysitter
- Between maid, an in-between maid; her duties being half in the reception rooms and half in the kitchen
- Boot boy, a young male servant, employed mostly to perform footwear maintenance and minor auxiliary tasks
- Butler, a senior employee, almost invariably a man, whose duties traditionally include overseeing the wine cellar, the silverware, and some oversight of the other servants
- Charwoman or char, a female house or office cleaner, usually part-time
- Chauffeur, a personal driver
- Cleaner
- Cook, either a cook who works alone or the head of a team of cooks
- Dog walker
- Footman
- Gardener
- Governess, a woman teacher for the children
- Groundskeeper
- Handyman (household repairs)
- Horse trainer
- Housekeeper, a senior employee, usually female
- Knave
- Lackey, a runner
- Laundress
- Maid (or housemaid)
- Masseur/Masseuse
- Nanny (also known as a nurse), a woman taking care of infants and children
- Nursemaid
- Personal shopper
- Personal trainer (fitness, swimming, sports)
- Pool person
- Scullery maid
- Secretary (social or corresponding)
- Security guard
- Stable boy
- Valet or "gentleman's gentleman", responsible for the master's wardrobe and assisting him in dressing, etc. In the armed forces some officers have a soldier (in the British army called a batman) for such duties
- Wet nurse, provides suckling for infants if mothers cannot or do not wish to do so themselves
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