Food service managers

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Food service managers are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Food service managers was $47,518 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Food service managers are Charleston City PUMA, SC, Miami-Dade (South/Outside Urban Development Boundary) & Monroe Counties PUMA, FL, and Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach Cities & Socastee (East) PUMA, SC. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Food service managers are Miami-Dade (South/Outside Urban Development Boundary) & Monroe Counties PUMA, FL, Phoenix City (Uptown) PUMA, AZ, and Ocala City PUMA, FL.

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Employment and salary information for the Food service managers workforce. Food service managers workforce in 2020 was 930,322 people, of which 49% were women and 51% were men. Food service managers are paid most in Sunset District (South) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Miami-Dade (South/Outside Urban Development Boundary) & Monroe Counties PUMA, FL.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

474,202

Male Workforce

± 16.9k

456,120

Female Workforce

± 16.6k

The Food service managers workforce in 2020 was 930,322 people (49% women and 51% men). This implies an average annual growth of 8.89% between 2014 (854,376) and 2020 (930,322).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Food service managers.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($65,039), Maryland ($61,295), and Massachusetts ($60,118).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$47,518

AVERAGE WAGE

#287 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Food service managers earned an average of $47,518, $8,436 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Food service managers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.412

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Food service managers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.412, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Food service managers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Food service managers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Food service managers and on wages for those in the field. Restaurants & Food Services is the industry that employs the most Food service managers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Food service managers, by average wage, is Construction ($271,685).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

930k

2020 Workforce

± 23,606

−0.213%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.59%

This graphic shows the share of Food service managers employed by various industries. Restaurants & Food Services employs the largest share of Food service managers at 96.9%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 1.63% and Traveler accommodation with 1.47%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Food service managers in the US. The workforce of Food service managers in 2020 was 930,322 people, with 49% woman, and 51% men. The average age of male Food service managers in the workforce is 39.7 and of female Food service managers is 37.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Food service managers is White.

Gender and Age

Metric

The workforce of Food service managers in 2020 was 930,322 people, with 49% woman, and 51% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (139,402 people), 30 to 34 years (127,894 people), and 20 to 24 years (117,973 people). Among them they concentrated 41.4% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 18.6% of Food service managers workers were Hispanic and 81.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (85.8%), Puerto Rican (8.93)%, and Salvadoran (5.24)%

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Races

In 2020, 70.8% of the Food service managers workforce were White, of which 49.2% were women and 50.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (9.81%) and Asian (8.27%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Food service managers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Food service managers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Personal & Culinary Services.

Among the necessary skills for Food service managers, Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Food service managers need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Food service managers in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (78,940 people), Social Sciences (14,517 people), and Communications (11,081 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Food service managers workers were Some college (274,587 people), High School or Equivalent (274,564 people), and Bachelors Degree (178,392 people).

The graphic shows the Food service managers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Food service managers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food service managers need many skills, but most especially Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation.

Projections

Projections on job growth for Food Service Managers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Food Service Managers are expected to see a growth of 0.624% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

0.624%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.71%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Food service managers. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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