First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers salary
SOC 35-1012 · BLS OEWS May 2025
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.
- 10th
- $29,940
- 25th
- $35,980
- Median
- $44,080
- 75th
- $54,570
- 90th
- $65,570
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers 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 | $59,400 | 107.0 | 20,700 | 0.74× |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $57,170 | 109.9 | 2,830 | 0.51× |
| 3 | Connecticut | $52,940 | 103.6 | 10,770 | 0.81× |
| 4 | Colorado | $50,550 | 103.1 | 25,510 | 1.13× |
| 5 | Vermont | $49,820 | 98.0 | 1,970 | 0.82× |
| 6 | New Hampshire | $49,710 | 104.2 | 3,840 | 0.71× |
| 7 | Hawaii | $48,880 | 110.0 | 7,330 | 1.49× |
| 8 | New Jersey | $48,420 | 108.8 | 27,750 | 0.82× |
| 9 | Rhode Island | $48,400 | 102.3 | 3,320 | 0.84× |
| 10 | Delaware | $48,120 | 99.8 | 4,030 | 1.06× |
| 11 | Maine | $47,990 | 97.0 | 3,740 | 0.74× |
| 12 | New York | $47,190 | 107.9 | 65,580 | 0.86× |
| 13 | California | $46,980 | 110.7 | 130,190 | 0.91× |
| 14 | Oregon | $46,950 | 103.4 | 16,880 | 1.09× |
| 15 | Massachusetts | $46,600 | 105.8 | 23,220 | 0.81× |
| 16 | Alaska | $46,570 | 102.4 | 2,390 | 0.93× |
| 17 | Virginia | $45,550 | 101.1 | 30,640 | 0.95× |
| 18 | Minnesota | $45,270 | 98.6 | 20,760 | 0.89× |
| 19 | North Carolina | $45,010 | 94.3 | 39,750 | 1.02× |
| 20 | Indiana | $44,880 | 93.3 | 23,500 | 0.93× |
| 21 | North Dakota | $44,720 | 89.0 | 2,780 | 0.82× |
| 22 | Florida | $44,470 | 103.4 | 91,500 | 1.17× |
| 23 | Nevada | $44,030 | 100.0 | 14,230 | 1.17× |
| 24 | Montana | $44,010 | 94.6 | 4,650 | 1.15× |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $43,050 | 97.6 | 35,560 | 0.75× |
| 26 | Maryland | $42,450 | 105.0 | 20,150 | 0.93× |
| 27 | South Dakota | $40,640 | 88.6 | 2,920 | 0.81× |
| 28 | Arizona | $40,550 | 100.7 | 21,450 | 0.84× |
| 29 | Tennessee | $40,500 | 91.9 | 29,100 | 1.13× |
| 30 | Wisconsin | $39,670 | 94.1 | 21,240 | 0.92× |
| 31 | Illinois | $39,470 | 100.0 | 41,030 | 0.86× |
| 32 | New Mexico | $39,310 | 92.2 | 6,540 | 0.95× |
| 33 | Nebraska | $39,230 | 90.1 | 7,840 | 0.97× |
| 34 | Iowa | $38,760 | 87.8 | 11,400 | 0.93× |
| 35 | Utah | $38,750 | 98.9 | 13,670 | 1.00× |
| 36 | Georgia | $38,600 | 96.3 | 48,420 | 1.26× |
| 37 | South Carolina | $38,520 | 93.7 | 20,120 | 1.11× |
| 38 | Kansas | $38,220 | 90.1 | 10,520 | 0.93× |
| 39 | Idaho | $38,190 | 95.5 | 7,440 | 1.10× |
| 40 | Michigan | $37,940 | 96.2 | 32,890 | 0.95× |
| 41 | Missouri | $37,400 | 90.8 | 21,650 | 0.94× |
| 42 | Ohio | $37,340 | 92.8 | 51,990 | 1.19× |
| 43 | Alabama | $37,110 | 88.8 | 19,180 | 1.15× |
| 44 | Wyoming | $36,820 | 92.7 | 2,680 | 1.21× |
| 45 | Mississippi | $36,530 | 87.0 | 10,480 | 1.15× |
| 46 | Texas | $36,480 | 97.1 | 137,930 | 1.25× |
| 47 | Kentucky | $35,810 | 90.2 | 18,010 | 1.14× |
| 48 | Louisiana | $35,800 | 88.2 | 16,680 | 1.10× |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $35,420 | 87.8 | 18,900 | 1.41× |
| 50 | Arkansas | $33,800 | 86.9 | 11,200 | 1.09× |
| 51 | West Virginia | $33,070 | 89.5 | 6,390 | 1.16× |
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 first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers
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 | $61,610 | 111.1 | 12,090 | 0.74× |
| 2 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $58,740 | 105.6 | 610 | 0.83× |
| 3 | Bellingham, WA | $58,520 | 103.3 | 600 | 0.84× |
| 4 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $58,260 | 106.9 | 2,720 | 0.86× |
| 5 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $57,870 | 103.9 | 340 | 0.83× |
| 6 | Walla Walla, WA | $57,470 | 98.5 | 140 | 0.71× |
| 7 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $56,600 | 109.4 | 970 | 1.68× |
| 8 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $56,260 | 100.1 | 710 | 0.70× |
| 9 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $55,690 | 102.4 | 300 | 0.73× |
| 10 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $55,520 | 110.4 | 6,390 | 0.72× |
| 11 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $54,200 | 103.7 | 690 | 0.68× |
| 12 | New Haven, CT | $53,200 | 104.6 | 1,780 | 0.80× |
| 13 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $52,910 | 97.5 | 230 | 0.72× |
| 14 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $52,540 | 102.7 | 3,600 | 0.76× |
| 15 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $52,520 | 105.8 | 13,570 | 1.07× |
| 16 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $52,380 | 107.8 | 1,470 | 0.91× |
| 17 | Boulder, CO | $52,020 | 105.2 | 1,520 | 1.01× |
| 18 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $51,770 | 100.3 | 1,500 | 0.74× |
| 19 | Yakima, WA | $51,670 | 95.5 | 570 | 0.75× |
| 20 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $51,600 | 100.4 | 1,100 | 1.10× |
| 21 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $51,520 | 115.6 | 14,790 | 0.79× |
| 22 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $51,440 | 100.9 | 700 | 0.74× |
| 23 | Napa, CA | $51,320 | 112.6 | 700 | 1.15× |
| 24 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $51,220 | 99.8 | 1,020 | 0.81× |
| 25 | Barnstable Town, MA | $50,860 | 98.4 | 980 | 1.33× |
| 26 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $49,880 | 101.9 | 1,770 | 0.78× |
| 27 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $49,260 | 105.7 | 990 | 0.63× |
| 28 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $49,250 | 103.2 | 1,830 | 1.34× |
| 29 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $48,900 | 105.4 | 9,900 | 1.04× |
| 30 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $48,690 | 112.6 | 61,060 | 0.82× |
| 31 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $48,360 | 98.9 | 2,080 | 1.57× |
| 32 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $48,320 | 108.6 | 1,230 | 1.28× |
| 33 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $48,310 | 111.0 | 5,060 | 1.44× |
| 34 | Bozeman, MT | $48,290 | 102.5 | 790 | 1.39× |
| 35 | Salinas, CA | $48,220 | 109.0 | 1,450 | 0.99× |
| 36 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $48,220 | 109.9 | 960 | 1.24× |
| 37 | Vallejo, CA | $48,170 | 108.5 | 1,340 | 1.19× |
| 38 | Bend, OR | $48,050 | 103.6 | 1,040 | 1.22× |
| 39 | Pittsfield, MA | $47,710 | 95.1 | 420 | 0.93× |
| 40 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $47,580 | 108.9 | 19,650 | 0.80× |
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 first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
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