Food Service Managers salary

SOC 11-9051 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$69,390

per year, nationally

Middle half

$56,870–$86,800

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

238,430

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+6.4%

42,000 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$45,960$107,640

10th: $45,960
25th: $56,870
Median: $69,390
75th: $86,800
90th: $107,640

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where food service managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$95,190	107.0	1,180	0.22×
2	Massachusetts	$92,240	105.8	4,310	0.77×
3	Hawaii	$87,800	110.0	1,230	1.27×
4	New York	$84,200	107.9	8,000	0.54×
5	Rhode Island	$82,850	102.3	760	0.99×
6	Alaska	$82,030	102.4	380	0.75×
7	District of Columbia	$81,680	109.9	1,000	0.93×
8	Colorado	$79,870	103.1	2,440	0.55×
9	Minnesota	$79,820	98.6	730	0.16×
10	California	$78,260	110.7	33,180	1.19×
11	New Jersey	$78,020	108.8	6,360	0.97×
12	Connecticut	$77,990	103.6	1,520	0.58×
13	Vermont	$77,910	98.0	500	1.08×
14	New Hampshire	$77,360	104.2	590	0.56×
15	Delaware	$74,430	99.8	770	1.03×
16	North Carolina	$74,080	94.3	9,420	1.24×
17	Maryland	$72,850	105.0	—	—
18	Florida	$72,790	103.4	18,500	1.21×
19	North Dakota	$72,210	89.0	950	1.45×
20	Montana	$72,140	94.6	950	1.21×
21	Indiana	$71,430	93.3	4,990	1.02×
22	Virginia	$71,230	101.1	3,820	0.61×
23	Maine	$70,510	97.0	1,210	1.23×
24	Kentucky	$70,410	90.2	1,680	0.55×
25	Kansas	$70,320	90.1	1,540	0.70×
26	Arizona	$70,180	100.7	3,400	0.68×
27	Idaho	$70,140	95.5	670	0.51×
28	Utah	$69,480	98.9	2,400	0.90×
29	Iowa	$66,700	87.8	1,760	0.73×
30	South Carolina	$66,190	93.7	5,080	1.44×
31	Missouri	$65,520	90.8	1,600	0.36×
32	Nevada	$65,320	100.0	4,310	1.81×
33	Georgia	$65,280	96.3	9,230	1.23×
34	New Mexico	$65,210	92.2	1,410	1.06×
35	Pennsylvania	$64,750	97.6	10,530	1.13×
36	Tennessee	$64,410	91.9	4,550	0.91×
37	Illinois	$63,930	100.0	11,270	1.20×
38	Oklahoma	$63,840	87.8	2,020	0.77×
39	Alabama	$63,010	88.8	4,330	1.33×
40	Ohio	$62,980	92.8	8,570	1.01×
41	Wyoming	$62,610	92.7	590	1.37×
42	Oregon	$62,110	103.4	4,420	1.46×
43	Wisconsin	$61,810	94.1	6,000	1.33×
44	Louisiana	$61,400	88.2	1,950	0.66×
45	Michigan	$60,790	96.2	9,240	1.37×
46	Texas	$60,770	97.1	25,990	1.20×
47	South Dakota	$60,640	88.6	1,270	1.82×
48	Nebraska	$60,450	90.1	2,050	1.30×
49	Mississippi	$59,540	87.0	1,920	1.08×
50	Arkansas	$55,120	86.9	2,720	1.36×
51	West Virginia	$54,800	89.5	1,230	1.14×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where food service managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for food service managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$98,800	111.1	760	0.24×
2	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$94,890	100.1	30	0.17×
3	Bellingham, WA	$93,610	103.3	30	0.23×
4	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$93,550	109.4	280	2.45×
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$92,650	108.3	3,280	0.79×
6	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$92,420	100.9	1,020	0.81×
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$89,900	110.4	1,360	0.78×
8	Napa, CA	$89,870	112.6	230	1.93×
9	Barnstable Town, MA	$89,090	98.4	180	1.24×
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$88,290	115.6	4,880	1.34×
11	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$86,630	103.7	40	0.19×
12	Springfield, MA	$85,410	96.1	180	0.59×
13	Urban Honolulu, HI	$85,390	111.0	680	0.99×
14	Boulder, CO	$84,820	105.2	170	0.56×
15	Fairbanks-College, AK	$84,610	103.2	60	1.07×
16	Worcester, MA	$83,570	102.5	340	0.63×
17	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$83,480	100.3	90	0.24×
18	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$83,120	100.2	80	0.80×
19	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$82,970	112.6	10,000	0.69×
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$82,760	101.8	1,080	0.98×
21	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$81,300	103.2	510	1.91×
22	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$81,170	114.2	4,350	1.01×
23	Pittsfield, MA	$80,590	95.1	70	0.82×
24	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$80,420	103.2	270	0.74×
25	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$80,180	100.9	2,670	1.20×
26	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$80,080	98.9	670	2.59×
27	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$80,010	111.9	4,130	1.75×
28	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$79,820	104.8	660	0.22×
29	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$79,750	107.8	330	1.05×
30	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$79,490	105.8	1,320	0.53×
31	Kingston, NY	$79,470	100.7	70	0.79×
32	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$79,290	108.9	3,300	0.69×
33	Salinas, CA	$79,170	109.0	310	1.09×
34	Pueblo, CO	$79,100	91.8	40	0.44×
35	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$79,070	102.7	420	0.45×
36	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$79,060	109.4	190	0.46×
37	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$79,020	106.9	360	0.59×
38	Bozeman, MT	$78,950	102.5	190	1.70×
39	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$78,930	101.1	110	0.42×
40	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$78,570	108.8	450	1.46×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where food service managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Managers, All Other$141,900
Medical and Health Services Managers$123,860
Construction Managers$114,990
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$105,870
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$69,990
Architectural and Engineering Managers$171,270
Social and Community Service Managers$80,390
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$104,590