The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $79,390, New Jersey is the highest paying state for food service managers. It is followed by Delaware (average annual salary $74,460). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of food service managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $79,390 |
$53,190 | 3,170 |
| 2 | Delaware | $74,460 |
$54,450 | 560 |
| 3 | New York | $71,810 |
$45,840 | 10,470 |
| 4 | Washington | $71,080 |
$42,950 | 2,760 |
| 5 | Hawaii | $70,460 |
$44,150 | 1,170 |
| 6 | Virginia | $65,640 |
$40,750 | 3,690 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $64,180 |
$35,780 | 7,050 |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $64,070 |
$52,980 | 1,400 |
| 9 | Connecticut | $63,920 |
$43,760 | 1,090 |
| 10 | New Hampshire | $63,040 |
$43,460 | 1,130 |
| 11 | Alaska | $62,450 |
$35,540 | 420 |
| 12 | Maryland | $62,120 |
$40,340 | 2,700 |
| 13 | Rhode Island | $61,860 |
$39,120 | 470 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | $61,340 |
$41,050 | 6,610 |
| 15 | Nevada | $60,500 |
$40,580 | 3,230 |
| 16 | Louisiana | $60,080 |
$41,480 | 1,810 |
| 17 | Michigan | $59,500 |
$37,550 | 5,030 |
| 18 | Colorado | $58,290 |
$34,920 | 1,520 |
| 19 | North Carolina | $57,700 |
$37,730 | 5,730 |
| 20 | Minnesota | $57,440 |
$38,010 | 3,870 |
| 21 | New Mexico | $57,200 |
$41,250 | 1,130 |
| 22 | Wyoming | $57,020 |
$33,400 | 480 |
| 23 | Montana | $57,010 |
$42,330 | 430 |
| 24 | Texas | $56,800 |
$37,010 | 15,690 |
| 25 | Maine | $56,400 |
$40,480 | 1,240 |
| 26 | California | $55,620 |
$33,370 | 40,440 |
| 27 | Arizona | $55,500 |
$35,250 | 4,500 |
| 28 | Kansas | $55,490 |
$24,060 | 1,000 |
| 29 | Vermont | $54,580 |
$25,370 | 740 |
| 30 | Missouri | $54,350 |
$26,580 | 2,370 |
| 31 | Georgia | $54,140 |
$32,920 | 9,660 |
| 32 | Alabama | $53,340 |
$35,220 | 2,690 |
| 33 | Ohio | $52,480 |
$29,420 | 8,150 |
| 34 | South Dakota | $52,240 |
$42,270 | 980 |
| 35 | Oregon | $51,670 |
$33,490 | 3,260 |
| 36 | North Dakota | $51,380 |
$38,860 | 750 |
| 37 | Florida | $51,060 |
$30,710 | 20,150 |
| 38 | Indiana | $50,860 |
$35,430 | 3,110 |
| 39 | South Carolina | $50,250 |
$34,300 | 3,250 |
| 40 | Oklahoma | $50,150 |
$34,210 | 3,430 |
| 41 | Utah | $49,630 |
$29,990 | 1,840 |
| 42 | Idaho | $49,520 |
$31,770 | 1,040 |
| 43 | Mississippi | $48,240 |
$27,390 | 2,290 |
| 44 | Wisconsin | $48,050 |
$32,390 | 3,900 |
| 45 | Kentucky | $47,580 |
$33,490 | 2,820 |
| 46 | Virgin Islands | $47,280 |
$23,880 | 90 |
| 47 | Arkansas | $46,740 |
$31,480 | 1,800 |
| 48 | Nebraska | $46,560 |
$29,250 | 2,050 |
| 49 | Tennessee | $46,220 |
$27,790 | 10,520 |
| 50 | Iowa | $45,910 |
$30,580 | 1,910 |
| 51 | Illinois | $45,060 |
$27,360 | 18,250 |
| 52 | West Virginia | $42,760 |
$28,430 | 1,740 |
| 53 | Guam | $36,130 |
$22,350 | 260 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $29,310 |
$22,030 | 1,820 |