First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers · SOC 35-1012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 393 metro areas

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,610	12,090	5.8
2	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$58,740	610	6.6
3	Bellingham, WA	$58,520	600	6.6
4	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$58,260	2,720	6.7
5	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$57,870	340	6.6
6	Walla Walla, WA	$57,470	140	5.6
7	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$56,600	970	13.2
8	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$56,260	710	5.5
9	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$55,690	300	5.7
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$55,520	6,390	5.6
11	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$54,200	690	5.3
12	New Haven, CT	$53,200	1,780	6.3
13	Longview-Kelso, WA	$52,910	230	5.7
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$52,540	3,600	6.0
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$52,520	13,570	8.4
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$52,380	1,470	7.1
17	Boulder, CO	$52,020	1,520	7.9
18	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$51,770	1,500	5.9
19	Yakima, WA	$51,670	570	5.9
20	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$51,600	1,100	8.7
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,520	14,790	6.2
22	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$51,440	700	5.8
23	Napa, CA	$51,320	700	9.0
24	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$51,220	1,020	6.4
25	Barnstable Town, MA	$50,860	980	10.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.