Highest-paying Cities for Food Service Managers

The top 100 highest paying cities for food service managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of food service managers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $99,680, Olympia, Washington is the highest paying city for food service managers. It is followed by Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington (average annual salary $96,740). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of food service managers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Service Managers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Olympia, Washington	$99,680	$58,170	70
2	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$96,740	$58,380	80
3	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$91,540	$62,630	30
4	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$91,000	$48,580	120
5	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$82,050	$46,850	970
6	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$81,560	$50,920	40
7	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$80,700	$53,540	210
8	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$80,560	$49,630	80
9	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$79,870	$58,300	50
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$79,530	$59,290	1,400
11	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$79,420	$45,280	50
12	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$77,990	$51,890	360
13	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,650	$51,070	16,280
14	Yakima, Washington	$77,520	$52,750	60
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$77,460	$53,800	3,450
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$77,100	$47,740	3,450
17	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$76,820	$49,210	60
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$76,260	$45,500	4,730
19	Boulder, Colorado	$76,240	$48,620	110
20	Napa, California	$76,210	$47,680	230
21	Greeley, Colorado	$75,620	$44,520	40
22	Ithaca, New York	$75,540	$49,140	90
23	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$75,490	$37,130	40
24	Ocean City, New Jersey	$75,260	$47,820	190
25	Bellingham, Washington	$75,090	$57,800	80
26	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$75,080	$40,500	340
27	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$75,030	$37,510	180
28	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,440	$47,220	250
29	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$74,400	$43,640	220
30	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$74,340	$54,540	70
31	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$74,260	$38,420	480
32	Spokane, Washington	$74,210	$52,260	150
33	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$74,060	$44,140	70
34	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$73,730	$54,580	170
35	Anchorage, Alaska	$73,480	$50,110	140
36	Punta Gorda, Florida	$73,230	$46,160	110
37	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$73,230	$47,140	600
38	Dover, Delaware	$73,170	$49,490	80
39	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$72,960	$46,600	40
40	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$72,750	$61,110	60
41	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$72,720	$45,520	130
42	Fairbanks, Alaska	$72,660	$54,330	40
43	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$72,590	$30,370	80
44	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$72,540	$54,330	210
45	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$72,330	$46,830	4,090
46	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$72,250	$24,720	730
47	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$72,060	$40,320	40
48	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$71,980	$42,220	5,160
49	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$71,890	$46,430	1,310
50	Worcester, Massachusetts	$71,220	$48,830	260
51	Danbury, Connecticut	$70,920	$38,290	50
52	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$70,700	$38,060	50
53	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$70,680	$49,750	90
54	Kansas City, Missouri	$70,660	$47,800	1,020
55	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$69,980	$48,920	180
56	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$69,820	$54,310	40
57	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$69,510	$46,510	1,090
58	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,040	$43,970	3,680
59	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$68,720	$45,600	1,000
60	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$68,650	$48,660	70
61	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$68,380	$48,770	190
62	Salisbury, Maryland	$67,910	$49,790	300
63	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,770	$39,890	190
64	Casper, Wyoming	$67,620	$55,250	50
65	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$67,620	$45,500	70
66	Ames, Iowa	$67,500	$46,540	40
67	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$67,350	$40,890	2,400
68	New Haven, Connecticut	$67,330	$38,050	260
69	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,310	$32,600	80
70	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$67,250	$51,800	190
71	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$67,250	$43,650	510
72	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$66,850	$43,690	1,210
73	Manchester, New Hampshire	$66,590	$46,530	150
74	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$66,290	$46,700	760
75	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$66,230	$34,490	1,470
76	Dubuque, Iowa	$66,150	$41,920	40
77	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$66,000	$49,580	50
78	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$65,960	$49,270	140
79	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$65,910	$30,030	70
80	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$65,890	$35,630	3,600
81	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$65,730	$47,280	660
82	Charlottesville, Virginia	$65,540	$36,190	140
83	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$65,500	$45,670	4,100
84	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$65,390	$37,330	2,700
85	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$65,280	$45,630	530
86	Bangor, Maine	$65,220	$46,650	130
87	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$65,190	$44,550	430
88	Wilmington, New Jersey	$65,100	$52,400	280
89	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$65,000	$50,890	30
90	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$64,950	$41,030	3,090
91	Springfield, Massachusetts	$64,910	$47,850	310
92	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$64,900	$50,130	290
93	Salinas, California	$64,870	$45,120	450
94	Midland, Texas	$64,850	$47,130	120
95	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,830	$45,970	1,190
96	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$64,680	$47,520	70
97	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$64,680	$50,460	100
98	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$64,520	$36,800	520
99	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$64,420	$49,820	830
100	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$64,260	$44,520	1,140

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for food service managers.