Food Service Director | Salary & Job Information

Becoming a Food Service Director via Online Education?

At the very least, online education can help you lay a foundation and/or open up alternate career paths. Ashford University, one of the highest ranking online schools, is a US school (accredited) offering hotel and hospitality management courses to train individuals to become top-notch hotel and hospitality managers, hospitality managers, hotel managers, food service managers, food service supervisors, food and beverage managers, hotel concierges, etc. Currently, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 190,250 people employed as food service managers alone in America, and their average annual salary is $51,400. Colleges and universities like Ashford University that provide online education are successfully launching workers into this field.

Food Service Director Salary Information

Category: Food service managers

Total # Employed in the US 190,250
Average Hourly Wage: $24.71/hr
Hourly Wage Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$14.33 $17.98 $22.7 $29.36 $37.94
Average Yearly Salary $51,400
Yearly Salary Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$29,810 $37,410 $47,210 $61,070 $78,910
Employment Demographics
% OF WORKERS WITH
< High School Diploma High School Diploma Some College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Master Degree Doctoral Degree
10.1% 30.9% 26.3% 8.7% 20.3% 3.1% 0.7%
Food service managers — WAGES BY STATE, SORTED BY SALARY
STATEAverage Hourly WageAverage Annual Salary
District of Columbia $33.52/hr $69,720
North Dakota $31.82/hr $66,180
New York $30.44/hr $63,320
Missouri $29.47/hr $61,290
Virginia $28.34/hr $58,950
New Hampshire $27.56/hr $57,320
Oklahoma $27.19/hr $56,560
Connecticut $26.71/hr $55,560
Delaware $26.63/hr $55,390
Mississippi $26.45/hr $55,020
Hawaii $26.01/hr $54,110
Florida $25.98/hr $54,030
Wyoming $25.87/hr $53,810
Idaho $25.53/hr $53,100
Oregon $25.5/hr $53,050
Tennessee $24.92/hr $51,820
Utah $24.83/hr $51,650
North Carolina $24.66/hr $51,280
Montana $24.57/hr $51,110
Colorado $24.56/hr $51,090
Puerto Rico $24.38/hr $50,720
Alaska $24.35/hr $50,660
Nevada $24.25/hr $50,430
Indiana $24.22/hr $50,380
Washington $24.21/hr $50,350
Alabama $24.14/hr $50,220
Guam $24.03/hr $49,980
New Mexico $23.86/hr $49,640
Kansas $23.7/hr $49,300
Michigan $23.64/hr $49,180
Kentucky $23.39/hr $48,650
Ohio $23.21/hr $48,270
Arkansas $23.18/hr $48,220
South Carolina $22.48/hr $46,750
Massachusetts $22.33/hr $46,440
California $22.31/hr $46,400
West Virginia $22.17/hr $46,120
Maryland $21.98/hr $45,730
Nebraska $21.48/hr $44,680
Pennsylvania $21.29/hr $44,280
Louisiana $20.99/hr $43,670
Maine $20.88/hr $43,420
Wisconsin $20.01/hr $41,610
South Dakota $19.3/hr $40,150
New Jersey $19.13/hr $39,780
Iowa $18/hr $37,440


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