First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Walla Walla, WA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 140.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Walla Walla earn more.
$57,470 in Walla Walla buys what $58,300 buys across the country as a whole.
Walla Walla's regional price parity is 98.5 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Washington
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Walla Walla |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $61,610 | $55,400 | 111.1 | −5.0% |
| Bremerton | $58,740 | $55,600 | 105.6 | −4.7% |
| Bellingham | $58,520 | $56,600 | 103.3 | −2.9% |
| Wenatchee | $57,870 | $55,700 | 103.9 | −4.5% |
| Walla Walla This page | $57,470 | $58,300 | 98.5 | — |
| Kennewick | $56,260 | $56,200 | 100.1 | −3.6% |
| Mount Vernon | $55,690 | $54,400 | 102.4 | −6.8% |
| Olympia | $54,200 | $52,300 | 103.7 | −10.4% |
Price parity and difference against Walla Walla are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 43.6% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 20.9% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 140 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-1012, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as first-line-supervisors-of-food-preparation-and-serving-workers.
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