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Food Service Manager Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of food service managers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of food service managers in Philadelphia is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Food Service Managers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$44,520
25th Percentile Wage
$53,400
50th Percentile Wage
$64,260
75th Percentile Wage
$89,120
90th Percentile Wage
$116,420

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food service managers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $116,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,520.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food service managers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$64,260
4.28% 3.70%
2016
$61,510
4.03% -
2015
$59,030
2.34% -
2014
$57,650
-5.62% -
2013
$60,890
-1.63% -
2012
$61,880
- -

Table 2. Compare Food Service Manager Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,260 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for food service managers in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of food service managers in Philadelphia is 21.7 percent (21.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Newark-Union and 38.2 percent (38.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Williamsport.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Newark-Union
$82,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$71,120
York-Hanover
$64,410
Philadelphia
$64,260
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$63,260
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$61,640
Erie
$61,030
Chambersburg-Waynesboro
$60,770
State College
$60,730
Gettysburg
$59,770
Reading
$59,700
Pittsburgh
$59,370
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$57,960
Johnstown
$57,710
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman
$57,540
Harrisburg-Carlisle
$56,440
East Stroudsburg
$54,360
Lebanon
$53,780
Altoona
$50,090
Bloomsburg-Berwick
$49,560
Lancaster
$49,410
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$49,150
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$47,050
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$42,180
Williamsport
$39,700