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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
35-1012 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 1,176,540 |
0.6 % |
$ 20.82 |
$ 43,310 |
0.4 % |
Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 13.86 |
$ 16.58 |
$ 18.52 |
$ 23.41 |
$ 29.96 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 28,830 |
$ 34,480 |
$ 38,520 |
$ 48,680 |
$ 62,320 |
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places |
906,050 |
8.34 |
$ 20.17 |
$ 41,940 |
| Special Food Services |
46,430 |
6.44 |
$ 22.99 |
$ 47,820 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
35,050 |
0.41 |
$ 21.21 |
$ 44,110 |
| Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only) |
30,980 |
1.02 |
$ 22.29 |
$ 46,370 |
| Traveler Accommodation |
26,160 |
1.41 |
$ 24.84 |
$ 51,670 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places |
906,050 |
8.34 |
$ 20.17 |
$ 41,940 |
| Special Food Services |
46,430 |
6.44 |
$ 22.99 |
$ 47,820 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
23,710 |
5.76 |
$ 20.77 |
$ 43,210 |
| Beverage Manufacturing |
5,150 |
1.63 |
$ 23.33 |
$ 48,520 |
| Traveler Accommodation |
26,160 |
1.41 |
$ 24.84 |
$ 51,670 |
Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) |
420 |
0.02 |
$ 42.73 |
$ 88,880 |
| Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 37.37 |
$ 77,730 |
| Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation |
50 |
0.13 |
$ 31.94 |
$ 66,440 |
| Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services |
170 |
0.02 |
$ 30.27 |
$ 62,960 |
| Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers |
140 |
0.03 |
$ 29.28 |
$ 60,910 |
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
123,170 |
6.86 |
0.89 |
$ 22.96 |
$ 47,760 |
| Texas |
120,680 |
8.90 |
1.15 |
$ 18.83 |
$ 39,160 |
| Florida |
83,100 |
8.69 |
1.12 |
$ 20.74 |
$ 43,150 |
| New York |
56,710 |
6.04 |
0.78 |
$ 24.44 |
$ 50,830 |
| Ohio |
46,900 |
8.58 |
1.11 |
$ 19.09 |
$ 39,700 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Hawaii |
7,570 |
12.27 |
1.58 |
$ 23.82 |
$ 49,540 |
| Mississippi |
11,930 |
10.37 |
1.34 |
$ 17.13 |
$ 35,620 |
| Oklahoma |
17,180 |
10.33 |
1.33 |
$ 17.97 |
$ 37,380 |
| Montana |
5,120 |
10.20 |
1.32 |
$ 19.62 |
$ 40,820 |
| West Virginia |
6,810 |
9.88 |
1.28 |
$ 16.26 |
$ 33,830 |
Top paying states for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
3,390 |
4.83 |
0.62 |
$ 27.11 |
$ 56,380 |
| Rhode Island |
3,910 |
8.01 |
1.03 |
$ 26.62 |
$ 55,370 |
| New Jersey |
25,850 |
6.15 |
0.79 |
$ 24.69 |
$ 51,350 |
| Colorado |
24,650 |
8.70 |
1.12 |
$ 24.56 |
$ 51,080 |
| New York |
56,710 |
6.04 |
0.78 |
$ 24.44 |
$ 50,830 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
55,390 |
5.83 |
0.75 |
$ 25.88 |
$ 53,830 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
40,670 |
6.58 |
0.85 |
$ 23.01 |
$ 47,860 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
31,490 |
7.94 |
1.02 |
$ 20.12 |
$ 41,850 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
30,770 |
9.68 |
1.25 |
$ 18.40 |
$ 38,270 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
29,200 |
6.48 |
0.84 |
$ 21.48 |
$ 44,690 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
24,450 |
8.68 |
1.12 |
$ 19.33 |
$ 40,210 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
22,150 |
8.14 |
1.05 |
$ 21.98 |
$ 45,720 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
21,480 |
6.95 |
0.90 |
$ 24.11 |
$ 50,140 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
19,280 |
6.81 |
0.88 |
$ 21.73 |
$ 45,200 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
18,780 |
6.80 |
0.88 |
$ 24.13 |
$ 50,190 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Flagstaff, AZ |
980 |
15.31 |
1.98 |
$ 20.94 |
$ 43,560 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
1,220 |
15.03 |
1.94 |
$ 18.53 |
$ 38,530 |
| Brunswick, GA |
650 |
14.75 |
1.90 |
$ 18.69 |
$ 38,880 |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
1,110 |
14.60 |
1.88 |
$ 26.52 |
$ 55,160 |
| Jacksonville, NC |
720 |
13.91 |
1.80 |
$ 18.17 |
$ 37,790 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
2,440 |
13.66 |
1.76 |
$ 19.18 |
$ 39,890 |
| Lawton, OK |
580 |
13.56 |
1.75 |
$ 16.91 |
$ 35,170 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL |
860 |
13.49 |
1.74 |
$ 18.16 |
$ 37,780 |
| Gadsden, AL |
430 |
13.25 |
1.71 |
$ 16.67 |
$ 34,670 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
2,000 |
13.23 |
1.71 |
$ 17.83 |
$ 37,090 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
1,110 |
14.60 |
1.88 |
$ 26.52 |
$ 55,160 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
15,010 |
6.20 |
0.80 |
$ 26.28 |
$ 54,670 |
| Napa, CA |
600 |
7.74 |
1.00 |
$ 25.94 |
$ 53,960 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
55,390 |
5.83 |
0.75 |
$ 25.88 |
$ 53,830 |
| Boulder, CO |
1,660 |
8.51 |
1.10 |
$ 25.84 |
$ 53,740 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
4,860 |
8.53 |
1.10 |
$ 25.56 |
$ 53,160 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
15,400 |
7.40 |
0.96 |
$ 25.50 |
$ 53,050 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
2,430 |
6.06 |
0.78 |
$ 25.49 |
$ 53,030 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
12,710 |
7.99 |
1.03 |
$ 25.27 |
$ 52,560 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
5,770 |
5.05 |
0.65 |
$ 25.05 |
$ 52,090 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area |
3,040 |
10.90 |
1.41 |
$ 17.61 |
$ 36,620 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area |
3,020 |
7.78 |
1.00 |
$ 17.34 |
$ 36,070 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) |
2,790 |
8.57 |
1.11 |
$ 17.83 |
$ 37,090 |
| Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area |
2,500 |
10.99 |
1.42 |
$ 16.57 |
$ 34,460 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area |
2,410 |
9.67 |
1.25 |
$ 17.54 |
$ 36,490 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
