Restaurant and Food Service Manager Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 350,000 jobs for restaurant and food service managers in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was low, compared to other occupations. About 3% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Restaurant and food service managers are most common in Jacksonville (North Carolina), Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), and Lawton (Oklahoma), and least common in Jefferson City (Missouri), Houma (Louisiana), and Oshkosh (Wisconsin).

Workers are paid the most in Edison (New Jersey), Trenton (New Jersey), and Newark (New Jersey), and the least in Oshkosh (Wisconsin), Pocatello (Idaho), and Fond du Lac (Wisconsin).

Training and Education

Most employees have work experience in a related occupation. Approximately 24% of restaurant and food service managers have a bachelor's degree. About 36% of workers have been to college without getting a degree. About 40% of employees obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. 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

Among restaurant and food service managers, 8% work less than full-time. Some 45% of workers work for themselves.

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Restaurant and Food Service Managers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of restaurant and food service managers 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 restaurant and food service managers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$49,000	710
Huntsville	$52,000	330
Mobile	$52,000	280
Montgomery	$43,000	200
Dothan	$42,000	150
Tuscaloosa	$48,000	140
Auburn	$47,000	70
Decatur	$39,000	70
Anniston	$43,000	60
Florence	$49,000	60
Gadsden	$48,000	40

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$49,000	290
Fairbanks	$41,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$47,000	3,790
Tucson	$41,000	690
Flagstaff	$37,000	200
Prescott	$46,000	140
Kingman	$49,000	80
Yuma	$46,000	60

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$49,000	580
Fayetteville	$49,000	260
Fort Smith	$39,000	160
Hot Springs	$41,000	100
Pine Bluff	$39,000	70
Jonesboro	$53,000	60

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Diego	$48,000	3,450
Santa Ana	$51,000	3,270
Riverside	$46,000	2,940
San Francisco	$58,000	2,630
Oakland	$51,000	2,250
Sacramento	$47,000	1,850
San Jose	$50,000	1,700
Oxnard	$51,000	660
Santa Rosa	$52,000	550
Bakersfield	$44,000	490
Fresno	$46,000	480
Salinas	$53,000	460
Santa Barbara	$52,000	450
Stockton	$45,000	400
Vallejo	$46,000	350
Modesto	$50,000	310
San Luis Obispo	$46,000	300
Santa Cruz	$49,000	240
Visalia	$43,000	200
Chico	$41,000	190
Napa	$61,000	160
Merced	$41,000	150
Redding	$49,000	140
El Centro	$44,000	100
Hanford	$44,000	70
Yuba City	$47,000	60
Madera	$49,000	40

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$58,000	1,220
Colorado Springs	$48,000	220
Fort Collins	$51,000	140
Boulder	$54,000	130
Pueblo	$47,000	50

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$47,000	1,040
Bridgeport	$65,000	640
New Haven	$65,000	460
Norwich	$46,000	280
Waterbury	$55,000	140
Danbury	$44,000	80

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$64,000	370
Dover	$56,000	120

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$62,000	2,370

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$59,000	1,760
Orlando	$55,000	1,540
Miami	$56,000	1,000
Jacksonville	$49,000	890
West Palm Beach	$66,000	830
Fort Lauderdale	$48,000	700
Cape Coral	$51,000	430
Sarasota	$55,000	410
Deltona	$49,000	380
Tallahassee	$49,000	260
Naples	$70,000	230
Gainesville	$54,000	230
Pensacola	$42,000	190
Lakeland	$48,000	180
Palm Bay	$48,000	180
Port St Lucie	$45,000	140
Fort Walton Beach	$55,000	120
Panama City	$51,000	70
Ocala	$45,000	60
Sebastian	$52,000	60
Punta Gorda	$60,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$59,000	1,970
Augusta	$58,000	140
Savannah	$55,000	110
Columbus	$38,000	100
Athens	$51,000	60
Brunswick	$55,000	50

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$50,000	900

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$39,000	440
Coeur Dalene	$40,000	200
Idaho Falls	$36,000	120
Pocatello	$30,000	90

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$52,000	5,020
Peoria	$36,000	280
Springfield	$41,000	250
Bloomington	$40,000	190
Champaign	$40,000	190
Rockford	$44,000	160
Kankakee	$49,000	60
Danville	$37,000	50
Decatur	$53,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$47,000	1,270
Gary	$50,000	440
Evansville	$48,000	260
South Bend	$51,000	230
Fort Wayne	$44,000	210
Lafayette	$53,000	120
Bloomington	$48,000	120
Terre Haute	$49,000	100
Muncie	$44,000	100
Elkhart	$56,000	70
Kokomo	$39,000	70
Columbus	$48,000	60
Anderson	$45,000	50
Michigan City	$53,000	50

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$47,000	290
Davenport	$46,000	220
Cedar Rapids	$42,000	150
Sioux City	$38,000	100
Ames	$42,000	100
Waterloo	$40,000	90
Iowa City	$49,000	90
Dubuque	$41,000	50

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$42,000	470
Topeka	$45,000	140
Lawrence	$41,000	70

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$45,000	1,160
Lexington	$48,000	460
Elizabethtown	$44,000	110
Owensboro	$44,000	80
Bowling Green	$42,000	60

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$46,000	620
Baton Rouge	$42,000	290
Shreveport	$41,000	260
Lafayette	$49,000	120
Lake Charles	$52,000	90
Monroe	$43,000	60
Alexandria	$56,000	40
Houma	$55,000	40

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$47,000	460
Lewiston	$49,000	100
Bangor	$47,000	100

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$55,000	1,680
Bethesda	$57,000	670
Hagerstown	$48,000	120
Salisbury	$49,000	100

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$61,000	2,550
Springfield	$53,000	500
Worcester	$49,000	350
Barnstable Town	$48,000	250
Framingham	$54,000	240
Lowell	$49,000	210
Brockton	$52,000	130
Pittsfield	$45,000	100
Haverhill	$49,000	100
Lawrence	$49,000	90
Taunton	$59,000	80
New Bedford	$60,000	60
Leominster	$52,000	60

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$53,000	1,210
Detroit	$47,000	860
Grand Rapids	$42,000	490
Kalamazoo	$41,000	370
Flint	$45,000	350
Ann Arbor	$45,000	270
Lansing	$46,000	240
Holland	$42,000	240
Saginaw	$40,000	140
Monroe	$49,000	120
Battle Creek	$46,000	90
Bay City	$46,000	80
Jackson	$47,000	80
Niles	$44,000	80
Muskegon	$40,000	60

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$44,000	4,200
Duluth	$41,000	290
St Cloud	$40,000	150
Rochester	$39,000	130

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$52,000	230
Gulfport	$62,000	220
Hattiesburg	$40,000	70
Pascagoula	$46,000	40

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$53,000	1,530
Kansas City	$52,000	1,330
Springfield	$54,000	120
Columbia	$53,000	70
St Joseph	$53,000	40
Jefferson City	$61,000	30

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$43,000	50
Missoula	$38,000	30

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$49,000	510
Lincoln	$49,000	170

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$64,000	2,170
Reno	$53,000	330
Carson City	$43,000	40

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Rochester	$52,000	140
Nashua	$52,000	130
Portsmouth	$50,000	90
Manchester	$49,000	80

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$68,000	980
Newark	$69,000	820
Camden	$62,000	550
Atlantic City	$61,000	370
Trenton	$65,000	290
Ocean City	$64,000	100
Vineland	$55,000	50

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$48,000	200
Santa Fe	$50,000	80

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$61,000	6,720
Nassau	$60,000	1,910
Rochester	$46,000	720
Buffalo	$44,000	710
Syracuse	$44,000	460
Albany	$47,000	460
Poughkeepsie	$52,000	310
Binghamton	$42,000	180
Utica	$48,000	120
Kingston	$53,000	100
Ithaca	$43,000	70
Elmira	$50,000	60
Glens Falls	$46,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Raleigh	$56,000	1,360
Charlotte	$54,000	1,320
Greensboro	$56,000	540
Durham	$54,000	390
Asheville	$59,000	280
Fayetteville	$45,000	250
Winston Salem	$48,000	250
Wilmington	$53,000	220
Hickory	$47,000	180
Jacksonville	$48,000	150
Greenville	$46,000	130
Burlington	$59,000	100
Rocky Mount	$47,000	80
Goldsboro	$46,000	60

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$49,000	150
Bismarck	$46,000	70
Grand Forks	$41,000	70

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$46,000	1,930
Columbus	$48,000	1,680
Cleveland	$47,000	1,480
Dayton	$48,000	630
Toledo	$47,000	600
Akron	$46,000	470
Canton	$40,000	340
Youngstown	$46,000	320
Mansfield	$44,000	110
Springfield	$42,000	80
Lima	$36,000	80
Sandusky	$40,000	60

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$41,000	1,130
Tulsa	$35,000	780
Lawton	$37,000	130

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$53,000	1,510
Eugene	$41,000	230
Salem	$48,000	200
Bend	$51,000	130
Medford	$46,000	130
Corvallis	$47,000	60

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$57,000	1,590
Pittsburgh	$52,000	970
Allentown	$55,000	300
Harrisburg	$47,000	260
Scranton	$49,000	220
Lancaster	$45,000	220
Erie	$43,000	200
York	$39,000	170
State College	$40,000	140
Reading	$50,000	130
Altoona	$46,000	80
Lebanon	$32,000	60
Williamsport	$46,000	40
Johnstown	$47,000	40

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$59,000	850

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$50,000	580
Greenville	$43,000	510
Myrtle Beach	$48,000	480
Columbia	$49,000	460
Spartanburg	$45,000	240
Anderson	$42,000	110
Florence	$43,000	60
Sumter	$53,000	40

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$46,000	250
Rapid City	$46,000	140

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$42,000	2,040
Memphis	$41,000	1,280
Knoxville	$42,000	1,030
Chattanooga	$36,000	580
Kingsport	$42,000	280
Clarksville	$32,000	220
Johnson City	$48,000	200
Jackson	$45,000	160
Cleveland	$42,000	110
Morristown	$46,000	100

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$57,000	3,450
Dallas	$58,000	2,930
Fort Worth	$50,000	1,580
San Antonio	$50,000	1,220
Austin	$51,000	1,120
El Paso	$53,000	400
Corpus Christi	$54,000	250
Mcallen	$52,000	240
Beaumont	$56,000	230
Longview	$49,000	210
Killeen	$52,000	210
Lubbock	$49,000	190
Amarillo	$46,000	180
Midland	$54,000	180
Waco	$61,000	170
College Station	$71,000	170
Brownsville	$48,000	170
Tyler	$55,000	130
Abilene	$53,000	100
Texarkana	$65,000	100
Laredo	$46,000	90
Odessa	$54,000	90
Wichita Falls	$51,000	70
Victoria	$63,000	60
Sherman	$43,000	50
San Angelo	$53,000	50

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$58,000	440
Provo	$49,000	230
Ogden	$57,000	130
St George	$51,000	60
Logan	$43,000	40

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$50,000	120

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$53,000	790
Richmond	$52,000	590
Roanoke	$55,000	270
Charlottesville	$63,000	120
Blacksburg	$45,000	90
Harrisonburg	$50,000	80
Lynchburg	$61,000	70
Danville	$51,000	40

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$66,000	1,000
Tacoma	$60,000	200
Spokane	$48,000	110
Yakima	$60,000	70
Olympia	$57,000	60
Kennewick	$51,000	60
Bellingham	$54,000	60
Bremerton	$56,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$40,000	160
Charleston	$41,000	140
Wheeling	$47,000	90
Morgantown	$37,000	90
Parkersburg	$41,000	70
Weirton	$54,000	50

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$49,000	1,120
Madison	$46,000	430
Appleton	$40,000	230
Green Bay	$41,000	200
La Crosse	$36,000	140
Janesville	$49,000	110
Sheboygan	$37,000	110
Eau Claire	$44,000	90
Wausau	$32,000	70
Racine	$41,000	70
Fond	$31,000	70
Oshkosh	$34,000	30

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$42,000	110
Casper	$38,000	60

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