Food Service Managers
United States. Estimated employment 238,430, with pages for 15 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-9051
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$69,390 · 50th
$45,96010th
$56,87025th
$69,39050th
$86,80075th
$107,64090th
That is the median — half of food service managers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Food Service Managers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $89,900 | 1,360 |
| Napa, CA | $89,870 | 230 |
| San Francisco, CA | $88,290 | 4,880 |
| New York, NY | $82,970 | 10,000 |
| San Diego, CA | $80,010 | 4,130 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $79,750 | 330 |
| Salinas, CA | $79,170 | 310 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $79,060 | 190 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $78,570 | 450 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $78,390 | 310 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $77,850 | 11,330 |
| Albany, NY | $77,320 | 330 |
| Rochester, NY | $76,100 | 340 |
| Utica, NY | $75,910 | 100 |
| Buffalo, NY | $75,440 | 410 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 238,430 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-9051, Food Service Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as food-service-managers.
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