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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 medianhalf 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 areaMedianEmployment
San Jose, CA$89,9001,360
Napa, CA$89,870230
San Francisco, CA$88,2904,880
New York, NY$82,97010,000
San Diego, CA$80,0104,130
Santa Rosa, CA$79,750330
Salinas, CA$79,170310
Kiryas Joel, NY$79,060190
Santa Maria, CA$78,570450
San Luis Obispo, CA$78,390310
Los Angeles, CA$77,85011,330
Albany, NY$77,320330
Rochester, NY$76,100340
Utica, NY$75,910100
Buffalo, NY$75,440410
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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