Food Supervisor Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Food supervisors hold about 817,000 positions nationally. As an occupation, this career is ranked low for unemployment rate. About 4% of employees could not obtain a job in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs in this career are most numerous in Lubbock (Texas), Lawrence (Kansas), and Jacksonville (North Carolina), and least common in Anchorage (Alaska), Sheboygan (Wisconsin), and Bridgeport (Connecticut).

Salaries vary the US, with the highest being found in Trenton (New Jersey), Tacoma (Washington), and Bridgeport (Connecticut). The lowest salaries for this job are in Pocatello (Idaho), Dothan (Alabama), and Morgantown (West Virginia).

Training and Education

Getting work experience in a related occupation will improve one'schance of landing a job in this field. Food supervisors with at least a bachelor's degree are 14% of the total. Approximately 35% of workers started college, but did not pursue a bachelor's degree. High school was sufficient education for 51% of people in this field. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately, 15% of food supervisors work part-time. In this field, about 4% work for themselves.

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Food Supervisors Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of food supervisors compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for food supervisors.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$28,000	3,490
Huntsville	$27,000	1,480
Montgomery	$27,000	1,230
Mobile	$25,000	1,190
Tuscaloosa	$27,000	740
Florence	$26,000	520
Dothan	$23,000	480
Decatur	$24,000	470
Anniston	$26,000	460
Auburn	$29,000	390
Gadsden	$26,000	330

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$37,000	600
Fairbanks	$32,000	120

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$34,000	10,300
Tucson	$30,000	2,220
Flagstaff	$31,000	510
Prescott	$27,000	470
Kingman	$27,000	360
Yuma	$30,000	250

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$27,000	2,240
Fayetteville	$26,000	1,430
Fort Smith	$26,000	710
Hot Springs	$28,000	370
Jonesboro	$27,000	370
Pine Bluff	$25,000	250

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Ana	$31,000	9,040
Riverside	$28,000	8,840
San Diego	$30,000	8,300
Oakland	$30,000	5,170
San Francisco	$33,000	5,120
Sacramento	$29,000	5,050
San Jose	$31,000	3,800
Fresno	$28,000	1,980
Oxnard	$29,000	1,780
Bakersfield	$28,000	1,320
Santa Rosa	$32,000	1,260
Santa Barbara	$32,000	1,200
Modesto	$28,000	1,050
Stockton	$28,000	1,030
Vallejo	$29,000	820
Salinas	$31,000	810
Visalia	$26,000	720
San Luis Obispo	$29,000	660
Santa Cruz	$30,000	610
Chico	$28,000	480
Redding	$28,000	450
Merced	$28,000	420
Napa	$37,000	330
El Centro	$26,000	320
Yuba City	$26,000	250
Madera	$31,000	200
Hanford	$28,000	190

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$32,000	7,780
Colorado Springs	$30,000	1,620
Boulder	$35,000	870
Fort Collins	$31,000	790
Greeley	$33,000	560
Pueblo	$32,000	390
Grand Junction	$31,000	380

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$32,000	2,520
Bridgeport	$40,000	1,560
New Haven	$38,000	1,310
Norwich	$39,000	1,080
Danbury	$35,000	520
Waterbury	$31,000	360

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$35,000	1,770
Dover	$31,000	420

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$38,000	12,200

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Orlando	$34,000	6,000
Tampa	$33,000	5,570
Miami	$35,000	4,760
Fort Lauderdale	$37,000	3,890
Jacksonville	$31,000	3,290
West Palm Beach	$34,000	3,160
Sarasota	$33,000	1,540
Cape Coral	$35,000	1,540
Palm Bay	$33,000	1,020
Deltona	$32,000	980
Naples	$37,000	980
Tallahassee	$31,000	940
Pensacola	$30,000	880
Lakeland	$29,000	830
Port St Lucie	$34,000	750
Gainesville	$33,000	680
Fort Walton Beach	$32,000	680
Panama City	$30,000	520
Ocala	$31,000	510
Punta Gorda	$33,000	260
Sebastian	$39,000	240
Palm Coast	$29,000	110

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$33,000	15,760
Augusta	$29,000	1,400
Savannah	$32,000	1,330
Columbus	$29,000	1,060
Macon	$29,000	660
Athens	$28,000	640
Valdosta	$31,000	430
Albany	$24,000	430
Brunswick	$28,000	420
Warner Robins	$29,000	410
Dalton	$31,000	390
Gainesville	$30,000	350
Rome	$24,000	280
Hinesville	$29,000	100

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$32,000	3,500

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$30,000	1,100
Coeur Dalene	$26,000	550
Idaho Falls	$25,000	250
Pocatello	$24,000	230
Lewiston	$32,000	140

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$34,000	17,710
Peoria	$29,000	1,000
Rockford	$30,000	920
Champaign	$33,000	690
Springfield	$30,000	540
Bloomington	$31,000	470
Decatur	$30,000	320
Kankakee	$30,000	260
Danville	$32,000	150

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$32,000	6,270
Gary	$29,000	2,060
Fort Wayne	$30,000	1,300
Evansville	$29,000	1,110
South Bend	$30,000	810
Bloomington	$28,000	620
Lafayette	$32,000	580
Elkhart	$31,000	530
Terre Haute	$31,000	460
Muncie	$27,000	400
Anderson	$31,000	350
Kokomo	$26,000	340
Michigan City	$29,000	330
Columbus	$32,000	250

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$31,000	1,860
Davenport	$29,000	1,030
Cedar Rapids	$28,000	770
Waterloo	$26,000	540
Iowa City	$34,000	490
Sioux City	$28,000	430
Dubuque	$29,000	280
Ames	$27,000	260

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$27,000	2,350
Topeka	$26,000	600
Lawrence	$26,000	570

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$28,000	4,130
Lexington	$28,000	1,710
Bowling Green	$24,000	510
Elizabethtown	$26,000	390
Owensboro	$30,000	330

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$29,000	3,770
Baton Rouge	$27,000	2,860
Shreveport	$28,000	1,200
Lafayette	$28,000	980
Houma	$28,000	600
Lake Charles	$26,000	600
Monroe	$27,000	530
Alexandria	$26,000	390

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$32,000	1,190
Lewiston	$29,000	450
Bangor	$28,000	390

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$34,000	7,760
Bethesda	$38,000	2,990
Hagerstown	$29,000	680
Salisbury	$30,000	390
Cumberland	$28,000	250

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$38,000	8,080
Springfield	$33,000	1,610
Worcester	$31,000	1,330
Barnstable Town	$36,000	840
Framingham	$35,000	730
Brockton	$35,000	590
Lowell	$35,000	590
Haverhill	$34,000	510
New Bedford	$32,000	460
Leominster	$36,000	350
Taunton	$40,000	340
Lawrence	$36,000	320
Pittsfield	$31,000	210

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$31,000	5,370
Detroit	$32,000	4,160
Grand Rapids	$29,000	1,830
Lansing	$31,000	1,070
Flint	$32,000	980
Ann Arbor	$32,000	910
Kalamazoo	$28,000	860
Saginaw	$30,000	500
Holland	$26,000	500
Niles	$30,000	420
Monroe	$34,000	330
Battle Creek	$27,000	320
Jackson	$32,000	310
Muskegon	$33,000	300
Bay City	$25,000	270

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$29,000	10,470
Duluth	$26,000	870
St Cloud	$28,000	640
Rochester	$28,000	560

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$29,000	1,760
Gulfport	$30,000	980
Hattiesburg	$28,000	580
Pascagoula	$29,000	450

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$33,000	6,810
Kansas City	$32,000	5,680
Springfield	$33,000	950
Columbia	$33,000	470
Joplin	$32,000	390
Jefferson City	$29,000	360
St Joseph	$32,000	260

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$29,000	330
Missoula	$31,000	310
Great Falls	$29,000	180

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$31,000	2,220
Lincoln	$31,000	950

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$35,000	7,830
Reno	$32,000	1,610
Carson City	$36,000	140

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$35,000	700
Manchester	$34,000	440
Rochester	$33,000	430
Portsmouth	$33,000	370

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$39,000	5,140
Newark	$37,000	4,740
Camden	$34,000	2,620
Atlantic City	$35,000	1,400
Trenton	$38,000	960
Ocean City	$39,000	420
Vineland	$36,000	310

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$28,000	2,530
Santa Fe	$31,000	480
Las Cruces	$29,000	380
Farmington	$30,000	330

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$34,000	25,510
Nassau	$33,000	6,650
Buffalo	$28,000	3,750
Rochester	$29,000	2,760
Albany	$31,000	2,330
Syracuse	$27,000	1,880
Poughkeepsie	$32,000	1,550
Utica	$28,000	740
Binghamton	$28,000	630
Kingston	$32,000	420
Ithaca	$31,000	350
Glens Falls	$32,000	340
Elmira	$31,000	240

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$32,000	5,650
Raleigh	$31,000	3,430
Greensboro	$31,000	2,560
Winston Salem	$26,000	1,900
Durham	$31,000	1,570
Asheville	$30,000	1,420
Wilmington	$29,000	1,340
Hickory	$27,000	1,200
Fayetteville	$28,000	1,030
Greenville	$28,000	720
Jacksonville	$29,000	490
Burlington	$35,000	440
Rocky Mount	$28,000	410
Goldsboro	$28,000	380

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$28,000	900
Grand Forks	$26,000	440
Bismarck	$30,000	330

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$31,000	5,850
Cleveland	$30,000	5,350
Columbus	$33,000	4,700
Dayton	$30,000	2,160
Akron	$29,000	1,760
Toledo	$30,000	1,750
Youngstown	$28,000	1,560
Canton	$29,000	1,170
Springfield	$30,000	360
Lima	$30,000	330
Mansfield	$30,000	310
Sandusky	$28,000	260

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$28,000	3,640
Tulsa	$28,000	2,280
Lawton	$25,000	320

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$34,000	5,740
Eugene	$29,000	970
Salem	$33,000	820
Medford	$34,000	570
Bend	$31,000	420
Corvallis	$33,000	170

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$37,000	8,440
Pittsburgh	$33,000	6,090
Allentown	$32,000	1,770
Harrisburg	$31,000	1,630
Scranton	$30,000	1,470
Lancaster	$32,000	1,350
York	$30,000	1,050
Erie	$25,000	930
Reading	$32,000	860
State College	$31,000	560
Johnstown	$31,000	380
Williamsport	$29,000	340
Altoona	$41,000	330
Lebanon	$29,000	250

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$36,000	3,320

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$31,000	2,500
Greenville	$27,000	2,130
Columbia	$28,000	1,910
Myrtle Beach	$34,000	1,100
Spartanburg	$35,000	670
Florence	$26,000	540
Anderson	$28,000	470
Sumter	$28,000	250

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$28,000	650
Rapid City	$29,000	320

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$27,000	4,420
Memphis	$30,000	3,880
Knoxville	$24,000	2,380
Chattanooga	$25,000	2,210
Kingsport	$28,000	930
Clarksville	$24,000	640
Johnson City	$26,000	550
Jackson	$26,000	320
Cleveland	$25,000	320
Morristown	$23,000	200

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$29,000	17,700
Dallas	$31,000	14,290
Fort Worth	$29,000	7,380
San Antonio	$28,000	7,260
Austin	$31,000	6,100
El Paso	$26,000	2,280
Lubbock	$32,000	1,800
Mcallen	$25,000	1,600
Corpus Christi	$25,000	1,420
Beaumont	$29,000	1,190
Killeen	$25,000	1,090
Amarillo	$26,000	1,050
College Station	$27,000	880
Brownsville	$25,000	870
Waco	$27,000	770
Tyler	$26,000	750
Longview	$25,000	730
Abilene	$25,000	610
Odessa	$29,000	560
Texarkana	$29,000	540
Laredo	$27,000	530
Midland	$29,000	520
Wichita Falls	$25,000	470
Sherman	$28,000	370
Victoria	$27,000	330
San Angelo	$28,000	310

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$32,000	3,140
Ogden	$29,000	1,040
Provo	$27,000	1,020
Logan	$24,000	320
St George	$33,000	310

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$35,000	590

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$33,000	5,210
Richmond	$33,000	3,880
Roanoke	$30,000	930
Lynchburg	$32,000	590
Charlottesville	$31,000	590
Blacksburg	$31,000	510
Harrisonburg	$31,000	340
Danville	$31,000	340
Winchester	$35,000	320

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$37,000	7,550
Tacoma	$38,000	1,490
Spokane	$32,000	1,240
Bellingham	$34,000	590
Bremerton	$33,000	540
Olympia	$36,000	510
Yakima	$34,000	380
Kennewick	$35,000	380
Longview	$32,000	270
Wenatchee	$36,000	250
Mount Vernon	$36,000	220

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$27,000	860
Charleston	$27,000	810
Wheeling	$30,000	500
Parkersburg	$26,000	480
Morgantown	$22,000	440
Weirton	$25,000	250

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$32,000	3,640
Madison	$32,000	1,710
Green Bay	$32,000	770
Appleton	$30,000	570
Eau Claire	$30,000	390
Janesville	$30,000	380
La Crosse	$29,000	360
Wausau	$29,000	340
Racine	$33,000	310
Oshkosh	$32,000	310
Fond	$27,000	230
Sheboygan	$36,000	190

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$28,000	330
Casper	$26,000	310

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