The annual salary statistics of food service managers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food service managers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $41,480 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,990 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food service managers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $82,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,480.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food service managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $55,890 | -0.82% | 10.66% |
| 2018 | $56,350 | 10.04% | - |
| 2017 | $50,690 | 1.50% | - |
| 2016 | $49,930 | 8.95% | - |
| 2015 | $45,460 | -9.83% | - |
| 2012 | $49,930 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,890 in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort is in the middle of salary range for food service managers in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of food service managers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort is 10.6 percent (10.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Columbia and 28.5 percent (28.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.