First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers salary

What First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 1,223,240 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers jobs — 0.8% of all US employment. The national median wage is $44,080 a year ($21.19 an hour) and the mean is $46,180 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$22.20	$46,180
10th percentile	$14.40	$29,940
25th percentile	$17.30	$35,980
Median (50th percentile)	$21.19	$44,080
75th percentile	$26.24	$54,570
90th percentile	$31.52	$65,570

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,610	$29.62	12,090	+39.8%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$52,520	$25.25	13,570	+19.1%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,520	$24.77	14,790	+16.9%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$48,900	$23.51	9,900	+10.9%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,690	$23.41	61,060	+10.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$47,580	$22.87	19,650	+7.9%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$47,280	$22.73	10,500	+7.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,090	$22.64	16,410	+6.8%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$46,980	$22.59	12,920	+6.6%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,970	$22.58	41,640	+6.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$46,580	$22.39	16,380	+5.7%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$46,110	$22.17	13,300	+4.6%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$45,500	$21.88	24,770	+3.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$45,240	$21.75	12,140	+2.6%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$44,990	$21.63	17,380	+2.1%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$43,070	$20.71	15,110	-2.3%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$42,650	$20.50	30,180	-3.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$42,100	$20.24	15,410	-4.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$40,650	$19.55	12,370	-7.8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$39,240	$18.87	28,580	-11.0%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$38,760	$18.63	10,940	-12.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$38,570	$18.54	13,540	-12.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$38,520	$18.52	10,090	-12.6%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$37,730	$18.14	39,780	-14.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$36,410	$17.51	31,290	-17.4%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.