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First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers salary in Spartanburg, SC

SOC 35-1012 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$37,140
per year in Spartanburg, SC
Middle half
$29,350–$46,760
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
1,310
in Spartanburg, SC
Concentration
1.01×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Spartanburg, SC
$37,140
published median
United States
$44,080
15.7% below the national median
Rank among metro areas
279th
393 with a published estimate

State-level comparison: South Carolina ($38,520). Metro estimates cover the whole labor market, including portions that cross state lines.

After local prices: the $37,140 median has purchasing power comparable to about $40,790 nationally. Spartanburg, SC's BEA regional price parity is 91.1 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Spartanburg, SC.

$22,580$60,610

Getting in

Typical education to enter
High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience
Less than 5 years
On-the-job training
None

Compare other metro areas

Every linked area below has a published estimate for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

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

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$47,28097.310,5000.98×
2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$45,45098.09801.53×
3Charleston-North Charleston, SC$43,620101.03,9601.28×
4Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$39,08093.62,1901.90×
5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,79093.33,5001.02×
6Columbia, SC$37,88093.73,1101.00×
7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$37,12091.92,3601.29×
8Florence, SC$36,54086.87401.05×
9Sumter, SC$36,45088.02901.07×

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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