Real salary data
What Food Service Managers actually earn in 2026.
The median for Food Service Manager is $65,000 across 81 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Sep 14, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 81 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $54,735–$72,000 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job postings | 81 | $54,735 | $65,000 | $72,000 |
| H-1B visa filings | 76 | $59,582 | $68,330 | $80,559 |
- Job postings that disclose salary in the ad text
- H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
Salary data updated Sep 14, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By state
What Food Service Managers earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 20 | $47,716 – $61,714 | $60,000 |
| CA | 16 | $54,735 – $84,000 | $71,000 |
| FL | 11 | $76,125 – $132,800 | $82,000 |
| NY | 11 | $64,500 – $80,000 | $72,000 |
| MA | 10 | $59,366 – $82,774 | $73,499 |
03 / Context
How Food Service Managers pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | High | $38,480 | +14.9% (2024–34) |
| Dishwasher | Critical | $37,440 | +0.2% (2024–34) |
| Fast Food and Counter Worker | High | $36,400 | +6.1% (2024–34) |
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How to move up the pay band.
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05 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Food Service Manager in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.