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Job Numbers and Growth
Approximately 350,000 people work as food services managers. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Employees that work part-time represent 8% of the total in 2008. Food services managers who work for themselves represent about 45% of the total.
Training and Education
Work experience in a related occupation is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 24% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 36% of people working as food services managers went to college but did not obtain a degree. 40% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Jacksonville (North Carolina), Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), and Lawton (Oklahoma), and the most challenging in Jefferson City (Missouri), Houma (Louisiana), and Oshkosh (Wisconsin).
The pay for these jobs is highest in Edison (New Jersey), Trenton (New Jersey), and Newark (New Jersey) and lowest in Oshkosh (Wisconsin), Pocatello (Idaho), and Fond du Lac (Wisconsin).
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Food Services Managers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Food Services Managers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Food Services Managers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Food Services Managers are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 60 $42,560 1 Alabama Auburn 70 $47,110 1.2 Alabama Birmingham 710 $49,110 0.9 Alabama Decatur 70 $38,800 1 Alabama Dothan 150 $41,980 1.9 Alabama Florence 60 $48,910 0.9 Alabama Gadsden 40 $47,630 0.9 Alabama Huntsville 330 $51,550 1.1 Alabama Mobile 280 $51,950 1.1 Alabama Montgomery 200 $42,840 0.8 Alabama Tuscaloosa 140 $47,880 1.1 Alaska Anchorage 290 $49,210 1.3 Alaska Fairbanks 60 $40,920 1.5 Arizona Flagstaff 200 $36,950 2.8Arizona Kingman 80 $49,320 1.2 Arizona Phoenix 3,790 $47,050 1.4 Arizona Prescott 140 $46,110 1.7 Arizona Tucson 690 $40,890 1.3 Arizona Yuma 60 $46,440 0.7 Arkansas Fayetteville 260 $48,930 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 160 $39,110 1 Arkansas Hot Springs 100 $40,990 2.1Arkansas Jonesboro 60 $53,330 0.9 Arkansas Little Rock 580 $49,200 1.2 Arkansas Pine Bluff 70 $39,000 1.7 California Bakersfield 490 $43,650 1.3 California Chico 190 $40,800 2California El Centro 100 $44,380 1.5 California Fresno 480 $46,220 1 California Hanford 70 $44,180 2 California Madera 40 $49,200 0.9 California Merced 150 $40,640 2 California Modesto 310 $50,180 1.3 California Napa 160 $60,990 1.9 California Oakland 2,250 $51,040 1.5 California Oxnard 660 $50,650 1.5 California Redding 140 $48,700 1.6 California Riverside 2,940 $46,240 1.5 California Sacramento 1,850 $47,420 1.4 California Salinas 460 $52,860 2.1California San Diego 3,450 $48,400 1.7 California San Francisco 2,630 $57,810 1.8 California San Jose 1,700 $49,500 1.2 California San Luis Obispo 300 $45,530 2.2California Santa Ana 3,270 $51,420 1.4 California Santa Barbara 450 $51,760 1.9 California Santa Cruz 240 $49,160 2 California Santa Rosa 550 $51,670 2.1California Stockton 400 $45,090 1.3 California Vallejo 350 $46,470 2California Visalia 200 $42,960 1.1 California Yuba City 60 $47,460 1.2 Colorado Boulder 130 $54,020 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 220 $48,030 0.6 Colorado Denver 1,220 $57,900 0.6 Colorado Fort Collins 140 $51,170 0.8 Colorado Pueblo 50 $46,620 0.7 Connecticut Bridgeport 640 $64,570 1 Connecticut Danbury 80 $44,070 0.8 Connecticut Hartford 1,040 $47,220 1.2 Connecticut New Haven 460 $64,620 1.1 Connecticut Norwich 280 $45,770 1.6 Connecticut Waterbury 140 $54,840 1.5 Delaware Dover 120 $56,100 1.7 Delaware Wilmington 370 $63,840 0.8 District of Columbia Washington 2,370 $62,310 0.7 Florida Cape Coral 430 $50,820 1.4 Florida Deltona 380 $48,650 1.7 Florida Fort Lauderdale 700 $47,940 0.6 Florida Fort Walton Beach 120 $55,370 1.2 Florida Gainesville 230 $53,970 1.4 Florida Jacksonville 890 $48,700 1 Florida Lakeland 180 $47,790 0.6 Florida Miami 1,000 $56,400 0.7 Florida Naples 230 $70,370 1.4 Florida Ocala 60 $45,130 0.5 Florida Orlando 1,540 $54,810 1 Florida Palm Bay 180 $48,120 0.6 Florida Panama City 70 $50,610 0.8 Florida Pensacola 190 $42,090 0.9 Florida Port St Lucie 140 $44,740 0.8 Florida Punta Gorda 40 $60,010 0.8 Florida Sarasota 410 $54,550 1.1 Florida Sebastian 60 $52,350 1 Florida Tallahassee 260 $49,370 1.1 Florida Tampa 1,760 $58,690 1 Florida West Palm Beach 830 $65,750 1 Georgia Athens 60 $50,650 0.6 Georgia Atlanta 1,970 $59,280 0.6 Georgia Augusta 140 $58,040 0.5 Georgia Brunswick 50 $55,490 0.9 Georgia Columbus 100 $37,820 0.7 Georgia Savannah 110 $54,690 0.5 Hawaii Honolulu 900 $50,240 1.4 Idaho Boise 440 $39,410 1.1 Idaho Coeur Dalene 200 $40,200 2.8Idaho Idaho Falls 120 $35,610 2 Idaho Pocatello 90 $29,940 2.4Illinois Bloomington 190 $40,320 2Illinois Champaign 190 $40,430 1.5 Illinois Chicago 5,020 $52,140 0.9 Illinois Danville 50 $37,050 1.6 Illinois Decatur 50 $53,190 0.8 Illinois Kankakee 60 $48,720 1.3 Illinois Peoria 280 $35,960 1.1 Illinois Rockford 160 $44,270 0.7 Illinois Springfield 250 $40,980 1.7 Indiana Anderson 50 $44,790 1 Indiana Bloomington 120 $48,050 1.3 Indiana Columbus 60 $48,470 1.1 Indiana Elkhart 70 $55,650 0.4 Indiana Evansville 260 $47,960 1 Indiana Fort Wayne 210 $44,210 0.7 Indiana Gary 440 $50,460 1.1 Indiana Indianapolis 1,270 $47,180 0.9 Indiana Kokomo 70 $39,280 1.6 Indiana Lafayette 120 $53,340 1.2 Indiana Michigan City 50 $53,210 0.9 Indiana Muncie 100 $44,010 1.7 Indiana South Bend 230 $51,140 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 100 $48,500 1.1 Iowa Ames 100 $41,530 2.1Iowa Cedar Rapids 150 $42,090 0.8 Iowa Davenport 220 $46,400 0.8 Iowa Des Moines 290 $47,090 0.6 Iowa Dubuque 50 $40,870 0.7 Iowa Iowa City 90 $49,060 0.9 Iowa Sioux City 100 $37,630 1 Iowa Waterloo 90 $40,410 0.8 Kansas Lawrence 70 $41,110 1.2 Kansas Topeka 140 $45,410 0.9 Kansas Wichita 470 $42,190 1 Kentucky Bowling Green 60 $42,040 0.8 Kentucky Elizabethtown 110 $44,410 2 Kentucky Lexington 460 $48,360 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 1,160 $45,070 1.3 Kentucky Owensboro 80 $43,790 1.3 Louisiana Alexandria 40 $56,380 0.5 Louisiana Baton Rouge 290 $42,150 0.5 Louisiana Houma 40 $55,040 0.3 Louisiana Lafayette 120 $48,720 0.6 Louisiana Lake Charles 90 $51,770 0.8 Louisiana Monroe 60 $42,650 0.6 Louisiana New Orleans 620 $45,920 0.8 Louisiana Shreveport 260 $41,230 1 Maine Bangor 100 $46,790 1.2 Maine Lewiston 100 $48,660 1.6 Maine Portland 460 $47,300 1.6 Maryland Baltimore 1,680 $54,580 0.9 Maryland Bethesda 670 $57,310 0.8 Maryland Hagerstown 120 $47,510 0.9 Maryland Salisbury 100 $48,550 1.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 250 $47,500 1.8 Massachusetts Boston 2,550 $60,650 1 Massachusetts Brockton 130 $52,200 1.1 Massachusetts Framingham 240 $54,200 1 Massachusetts Haverhill 100 $48,980 1 Massachusetts Lawrence 90 $48,980 1.2 Massachusetts Leominster 60 $51,830 0.9 Massachusetts Lowell 210 $49,370 1.2 Massachusetts New Bedford 60 $59,820 0.7 Massachusetts Pittsfield 100 $44,590 2.4Massachusetts Springfield 500 $52,940 1.1 Massachusetts Taunton 80 $58,790 1.3 Massachusetts Worcester 350 $49,150 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 270 $44,950 1.1 Michigan Battle Creek 90 $45,900 1.4 Michigan Bay City 80 $45,710 1.8 Michigan Detroit 860 $46,970 0.8 Michigan Flint 350 $45,490 1.8 Michigan Grand Rapids 490 $42,440 0.9 Michigan Holland 240 $41,660 1.7 Michigan Jackson 80 $46,770 1.2 Michigan Kalamazoo 370 $40,810 1.9 Michigan Lansing 240 $46,330 0.9 Michigan Monroe 120 $49,060 2.4Michigan Muskegon 60 $40,410 0.8 Michigan Niles 80 $44,200 1 Michigan Saginaw 140 $40,360 1.4 Michigan Warren 1,210 $53,470 0.7 Minnesota Duluth 290 $41,320 1.6 Minnesota Minneapolis 4,200 $43,690 1.6 Minnesota Rochester 130 $38,670 1 Minnesota St Cloud 150 $40,020 1.1 Mississippi Gulfport 220 $62,490 1.5 Mississippi Hattiesburg 70 $40,140 0.9 Mississippi Jackson 230 $51,990 0.6 Mississippi Pascagoula 40 $46,460 0.7 Missouri Columbia 70 $53,370 0.6 Missouri Jefferson City 30 $60,870 0.3 Missouri Kansas City 1,330 $51,660 0.9 Missouri Springfield 120 $54,260 0.4 Missouri St Joseph 40 $53,370 0.6 Missouri St Louis 1,530 $52,550 0.8 Montana Billings 50 $42,990 0.5 Montana Missoula 30 $37,820 0.4 Nebraska Lincoln 170 $49,360 0.7 Nebraska Omaha 510 $49,170 0.7 Nevada Carson City 40 $42,710 1.2 Nevada Las Vegas 2,170 $63,620 1.6 Nevada Reno 330 $53,340 1.1 New Hampshire Manchester 80 $48,950 0.5 New Hampshire Nashua 130 $51,630 0.7 New Hampshire Portsmouth 90 $50,270 1.2 New Hampshire Rochester 140 $52,310 1.9 New Jersey Atlantic City 370 $61,150 1.8 New Jersey Camden 550 $62,260 0.7 New Jersey Edison 980 $67,960 0.6 New Jersey Newark 820 $68,610 0.5 New Jersey Ocean City 100 $64,330 1.9 New Jersey Trenton 290 $65,050 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 50 $54,700 0.7 New Mexico Albuquerque 200 $48,150 0.3 New Mexico Santa Fe 80 $49,620 0.9 New York Albany 460 $47,020 0.7 New York Binghamton 180 $41,870 1.2 New York Buffalo 710 $43,580 0.9 New York Elmira 60 $50,340 1.4 New York Glens Falls 60 $46,430 0.9 New York Ithaca 70 $43,230 1.3 New York Kingston 100 $53,250 1.3 New York Nassau 1,910 $59,620 1 New York New York 6,720 $61,380 0.9 New York Poughkeepsie 310 $52,390 0.9 New York Rochester 720 $46,240 1 New York Syracuse 460 $43,960 1 New York Utica 120 $48,190 0.7 North Carolina Asheville 280 $59,290 1.1 North Carolina Burlington 100 $59,400 1.3 North Carolina Charlotte 1,320 $54,370 1 North Carolina Durham 390 $54,470 1 North Carolina Fayetteville 250 $45,290 1.5 North Carolina Goldsboro 60 $46,100 1.3 North Carolina Greensboro 540 $55,720 1 North Carolina Greenville 130 $45,930 1.4 North Carolina Hickory 180 $46,830 0.8 North Carolina Jacksonville 150 $48,430 2.9North Carolina Raleigh 1,360 $55,880 1.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 80 $47,190 1 North Carolina Wilmington 220 $52,980 1.1 North Carolina Winston Salem 250 $48,050 0.8 North Dakota Bismarck 70 $45,590 0.9 North Dakota Fargo 150 $48,970 0.9 North Dakota Grand Forks 70 $41,190 1.1 Ohio Akron 470 $45,540 0.9 Ohio Canton 340 $39,640 1.4 Ohio Cincinnati 1,930 $46,450 1.2 Ohio Cleveland 1,480 $47,350 0.9 Ohio Columbus 1,680 $48,110 1.2 Ohio Dayton 630 $47,750 1.1 Ohio Lima 80 $36,490 1.2 Ohio Mansfield 110 $44,330 1.6 Ohio Sandusky 60 $40,250 1.4 Ohio Springfield 80 $41,880 1.3 Ohio Toledo 600 $46,630 1.3 Ohio Youngstown 320 $45,550 0.9 Oklahoma Lawton 130 $36,820 2.8Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,130 $40,910 1.3 Oklahoma Tulsa 780 $35,290 1.2 Oregon Bend 130 $50,970 1.4 Oregon Corvallis 60 $47,070 1.6 Oregon Eugene 230 $40,550 1.1 Oregon Medford 130 $46,340 1.1 Oregon Portland 1,510 $53,140 1 Oregon Salem 200 $47,660 0.9 Pennsylvania Allentown 300 $55,130 0.6 Pennsylvania Altoona 80 $45,850 1 Pennsylvania Erie 200 $42,850 1.1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 260 $47,060 0.6 Pennsylvania Johnstown 40 $47,170 0.5 Pennsylvania Lancaster 220 $45,030 0.6 Pennsylvania Lebanon 60 $31,840 1 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1,590 $57,000 0.6 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 970 $52,150 0.6 Pennsylvania Reading 130 $50,070 0.6 Pennsylvania Scranton 220 $48,780 0.6 Pennsylvania State College 140 $40,030 1.9 Pennsylvania Williamsport 40 $46,240 0.6 Pennsylvania York 170 $39,050 0.7 Rhode Island Providence 850 $59,460 1 South Carolina Anderson 110 $42,150 1.4 South Carolina Charleston 580 $49,530 1.4 South Carolina Columbia 460 $48,780 0.9 South Carolina Florence 60 $43,180 0.5 South Carolina Greenville 510 $42,780 1.1 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 480 $48,190 2.9South Carolina Spartanburg 240 $45,140 1.4 South Carolina Sumter 40 $52,740 0.9 South Dakota Rapid City 140 $45,670 1.7 South Dakota Sioux Falls 250 $46,420 1.3 Tennessee Chattanooga 580 $35,620 1.7 Tennessee Clarksville 220 $32,090 2.2Tennessee Cleveland 110 $42,450 2.5Tennessee Jackson 160 $44,830 2.1Tennessee Johnson City 200 $47,750 2 Tennessee Kingsport 280 $41,820 1.8 Tennessee Knoxville 1,030 $42,090 2.1Tennessee Memphis 1,280 $41,160 1.4 Tennessee Morristown 100 $46,140 1.7 Tennessee Nashville 2,040 $41,820 1.8 Texas Abilene 100 $52,920 1.2 Texas Amarillo 180 $45,580 1.3 Texas Austin 1,120 $50,710 1 Texas Beaumont 230 $55,890 1 Texas Brownsville 170 $48,090 1 Texas College Station 170 $71,340 1.6 Texas Corpus Christi 250 $53,920 1 Texas Dallas 2,930 $57,800 0.9 Texas El Paso 400 $52,840 1 Texas Fort Worth 1,580 $49,570 1.2 Texas Houston 3,450 $57,130 0.9 Texas Killeen 210 $51,650 1.3 Texas Laredo 90 $46,170 0.8 Texas Longview 210 $49,000 1.6 Texas Lubbock 190 $49,300 1.1 Texas Mcallen 240 $51,940 0.8 Texas Midland 180 $53,950 2Texas Odessa 90 $53,900 1.2 Texas San Angelo 50 $53,280 1 Texas San Antonio 1,220 $49,730 1 Texas Sherman 50 $42,660 1 Texas Texarkana 100 $65,370 1.4 Texas Tyler 130 $55,160 1 Texas Victoria 60 $63,130 1 Texas Waco 170 $60,990 1.3 Texas Wichita Falls 70 $50,840 0.9 Utah Logan 40 $42,780 0.7 Utah Ogden 130 $56,790 0.5 Utah Provo 230 $48,650 1 Utah Salt Lake City 440 $58,300 0.5 Utah St George 60 $50,920 1 Vermont Burlington 120 $49,520 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 90 $45,370 1.1 Virginia Charlottesville 120 $62,630 0.9 Virginia Danville 40 $51,450 0.9 Virginia Harrisonburg 80 $50,180 1.1 Virginia Lynchburg 70 $60,780 0.5 Virginia Richmond 590 $51,650 0.7 Virginia Roanoke 270 $54,680 1.2 Virginia Virginia Beach 790 $53,190 0.7 Washington Bellingham 60 $54,100 0.6 Washington Bremerton 40 $55,520 0.4 Washington Kennewick 60 $51,440 0.5 Washington Olympia 60 $57,080 0.5 Washington Seattle 1,000 $65,600 0.5 Washington Spokane 110 $47,660 0.4 Washington Tacoma 200 $59,660 0.5 Washington Yakima 70 $59,890 0.6 West Virginia Charleston 140 $40,590 0.7 West Virginia Huntington 160 $39,920 1 West Virginia Morgantown 90 $36,730 1.5 West Virginia Parkersburg 70 $41,230 0.8 West Virginia Weirton 50 $53,550 0.9 West Virginia Wheeling 90 $47,390 1.1 Wisconsin Appleton 230 $40,170 1.4 Wisconsin Eau Claire 90 $44,180 0.9 Wisconsin Fond 70 $30,800 1.2 Wisconsin Green Bay 200 $41,360 0.8 Wisconsin Janesville 110 $48,700 1.3 Wisconsin La Crosse 140 $36,280 1.5 Wisconsin Madison 430 $46,040 0.9 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,120 $48,830 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 30 $34,410 0.3 Wisconsin Racine 70 $40,750 0.7 Wisconsin Sheboygan 110 $37,260 1.5 Wisconsin Wausau 70 $32,480 0.8 Wyoming Casper 60 $38,120 1.3 Wyoming Cheyenne 110 $42,460 2
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