Pay distribution $39,130 10th $45,150 25th $63,890 75th $78,580 90th
Half of First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in the Boulder metro area earn more than $52,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,150 and $63,890.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $39,130 $45,150 $52,020 $63,890 $78,580 Hourly $18.81 $21.71 $25.01 $30.72 $37.78
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Boulder metro areathis metro area
$52,020 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $45,150 to $63,890
$50,550 median for Colorado; middle half earns $42,850 to $61,680
$44,080 median for United States; middle half earns $35,980 to $54,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +3% vs Colorado overall and +18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $27,150 $38,637 $50,123 $61,610 Aguadilla, PR — $27,150 Mayaguez, PR — $27,390 Ponce, PR — $27,900 Arecibo, PR — $28,060 Guayama, PR — $28,370 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,670 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $29,670 Texarkana, TX-AR — $30,000 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $30,100 Beckley, WV — $30,220 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $30,270 Laredo, TX — $30,290 Charleston, WV — $30,450 El Paso, TX — $30,520 Alexandria, LA — $30,640 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $30,780 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $31,070 Jonesboro, AR — $31,270 Victoria, TX — $31,720 Longview, TX — $31,840 Tyler, TX — $32,570 Wichita Falls, TX — $32,570 Lubbock, TX — $33,220 Morgantown, WV — $33,490 Hot Springs, AR — $33,540 San Angelo, TX — $33,640 Corpus Christi, TX — $33,910 Gadsden, AL — $34,170 Wheeling, WV-OH — $34,180 Enid, OK — $34,200 Lake Charles, LA — $34,230 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $34,320 Eagle Pass, TX — $34,350 Johnstown, PA — $34,360 Monroe, LA — $34,390 Sherman-Denison, TX — $34,470 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $34,500 Lawton, OK — $34,580 Valdosta, GA — $34,650 Abilene, TX — $34,700 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $34,730 Hattiesburg, MS — $34,750 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $34,810 Albany, GA — $34,840 Owensboro, KY — $34,910 Lafayette, LA — $35,000 Killeen-Temple, TX — $35,090 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $35,160 Paducah, KY-IL — $35,210 Waco, TX — $35,240 Hammond, LA — $35,250 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,360 Joplin, MO-KS — $35,370 Hinesville, GA — $35,440 Amarillo, TX — $35,470 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $35,510 Dothan, AL — $35,570 Oklahoma City, OK — $35,580 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,630 Springfield, OH — $35,750 Elizabethtown, KY — $35,800 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,800 College Station-Bryan, TX — $35,810 Odessa, TX — $35,810 Dalton, GA — $35,850 Lima, OH — $35,900 Mansfield, OH — $35,950 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,990 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $35,990 Casper, WY — $36,000 Jefferson City, MO — $36,000 Cheyenne, WY — $36,030 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,080 Altoona, PA — $36,090 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,180 Warner Robins, GA — $36,200 Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,320 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,340 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $36,350 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,350 Midland, TX — $36,360 Morristown, TN — $36,380 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $36,410 Wichita, KS — $36,420 Monroe, MI — $36,430 Saginaw, MI — $36,430 Springfield, MO — $36,450 Sumter, SC — $36,450 Manhattan, KS — $36,460 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,470 Twin Falls, ID — $36,470 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $36,480 Florence, SC — $36,540 Cleveland, TN — $36,580 Yuma, AZ — $36,590 Jackson, TN — $36,660 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,680 Flint, MI — $36,730 Bloomington, IL — $36,780 Montgomery, AL — $36,780 Johnson City, TN — $36,800 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,850 Idaho Falls, ID — $36,860 Pocatello, ID — $36,870 Fond du Lac, WI — $36,900 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,900 Tulsa, OK — $36,900 Wausau, WI — $37,000 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $37,050 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $37,060 Logan, UT-ID — $37,110 Mobile, AL — $37,110 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,120 Spartanburg, SC — $37,140 Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,140 Sebring, FL — $37,180 Toledo, OH — $37,230 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,240 Gainesville, GA — $37,270 Battle Creek, MI — $37,290 Niles, MI — $37,290 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,300 Akron, OH — $37,320 Kankakee, IL — $37,320 Baton Rouge, LA — $37,380 Bay City, MI — $37,380 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,400 Midland, MI — $37,400 Ogden, UT — $37,450 Springfield, IL — $37,450 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,500 Peoria, IL — $37,510 Jacksonville, NC — $37,580 Lexington Park, MD — $37,660 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $37,670 Rome, GA — $37,670 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $37,690 St. George, UT — $37,690 Cleveland, OH — $37,700 Jackson, MS — $37,720 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,730 Rockford, IL — $37,750 Columbus, OH — $37,790 Sandusky, OH — $37,790 Tallahassee, FL — $37,810 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $37,850 Salisbury, MD — $37,860 Columbia, SC — $37,880 Eau Claire, WI — $37,920 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,950 Rapid City, SD — $37,960 Erie, PA — $37,980 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,050 Chambersburg, PA — $38,060 Columbia, MO — $38,060 Farmington, NM — $38,130 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,130 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $38,130 Bowling Green, KY — $38,150 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,180 Homosassa Springs, FL — $38,190 Tucson, AZ — $38,200 Jackson, MI — $38,210 Lincoln, NE — $38,230 Albuquerque, NM — $38,270 Green Bay, WI — $38,280 Decatur, AL — $38,310 Lewiston, ID-WA — $38,320 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $38,370 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $38,370 Lawrence, KS — $38,440 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $38,460 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $38,480 Grand Island, NE — $38,480 Appleton, WI — $38,500 St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,520 Birmingham, AL — $38,570 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $38,570 Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,610 Greenville, NC — $38,620 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $38,760 Fayetteville, NC — $38,760 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,760 Kenosha, WI — $38,760 Sheboygan, WI — $38,770 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,790 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $38,800 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,830 Boise City, ID — $38,860 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $38,860 Terre Haute, IN — $38,890 Topeka, KS — $38,890 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $38,960 Iowa City, IA — $38,970 Williamsport, PA — $39,000 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $39,080 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,090 Huntsville, AL — $39,130 Kansas City, MO-KS — $39,210 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,220 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,240 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $39,250 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $39,300 Jacksonville, FL — $39,430 Roanoke, VA — $39,440 Dubuque, IA — $39,510 York-Hanover, PA — $39,600 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,610 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $39,610 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,620 Lynchburg, VA — $39,640 Ames, IA — $39,710 Decatur, IL — $39,730 Goldsboro, NC — $39,760 Rocky Mount, NC — $39,760 Reading, PA — $39,800 Las Cruces, NM — $39,870 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,950 Gettysburg, PA — $40,000 Gainesville, FL — $40,040 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $40,080 Pittsburgh, PA — $40,530 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $40,650 Omaha, NE-IA — $40,740 Lebanon, PA — $40,780 Knoxville, TN — $41,380 St. Cloud, MN — $41,600 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $41,780 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $41,800 Binghamton, NY — $42,070 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $42,100 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $42,110 Great Falls, MT — $42,320 Ann Arbor, MI — $42,340 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $42,420 State College, PA — $42,500 Reno, NV — $42,590 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $42,650 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,650 Ocala, FL — $42,680 Elmira, NY — $42,720 Winchester, VA-WV — $42,730 Syracuse, NY — $42,830 Duluth, MN-WI — $42,860 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $42,900 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $42,900 Traverse City, MI — $43,030 Rochester, NY — $43,040 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $43,070 Missoula, MT — $43,160 Vineland, NJ — $43,170 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $43,190 Carson City, NV — $43,220 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $43,220 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $43,250 Lancaster, PA — $43,250 Flagstaff, AZ — $43,300 Mankato, MN — $43,300 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $43,370 Springfield, MA — $43,530 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $43,560 Burlington, NC — $43,590 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,620 Glens Falls, NY — $43,620 Savannah, GA — $43,680 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $43,740 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,780 Utica-Rome, NY — $43,960 Port St. Lucie, FL — $43,990 Billings, MT — $44,030 Columbus, IN — $44,250 Albany, OR — $44,330 Wilmington, NC — $44,360 Fargo, ND-MN — $44,480 Pueblo, CO — $44,520 Harrisonburg, VA — $44,560 Rochester, MN — $44,620 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,620 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $44,680 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $44,710 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $44,720 Fresno, CA — $44,730 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,750 Muncie, IN — $44,760 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,810 Minot, ND — $44,850 Redding, CA — $44,950 Asheville, NC — $44,960 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,990 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,990 Evansville, IN — $45,050 Helena, MT — $45,090 Bismarck, ND — $45,190 Corvallis, OR — $45,230 Medford, OR — $45,230 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $45,230 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,240 Bloomington, IN — $45,250 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,330 Visalia, CA — $45,370 Colorado Springs, CO — $45,390 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $45,450 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,470 Merced, CA — $45,490 Fort Wayne, IN — $45,500 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,500 Worcester, MA — $45,500 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,580 Richmond, VA — $45,580 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,590 El Centro, CA — $45,600 Kingston, NY — $45,620 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,630 Greeley, CO — $45,640 Salem, OR — $45,660 Punta Gorda, FL — $45,710 Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,730 Grand Junction, CO — $45,760 Charlottesville, VA — $45,800 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,840 Chico, CA — $45,900 Anchorage, AK — $45,920 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,920 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,960 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,020 Yuba City, CA — $46,040 Madison, WI — $46,060 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,070 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,090 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,110 Bangor, ME — $46,130 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,150 Modesto, CA — $46,190 Grants Pass, OR — $46,260 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $46,270 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,280 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $46,520 Kokomo, IN — $46,550 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,580 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,640 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,700 Dover, DE — $46,720 Ithaca, NY — $46,780 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,840 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,850 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,970 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,980 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,090 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,150 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,280 Santa Fe, NM — $47,290 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $47,320 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,340 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $47,580 Pittsfield, MA — $47,710 Bend, OR — $48,050 Vallejo, CA — $48,170 Salinas, CA — $48,220 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $48,220 Bozeman, MT — $48,290 Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,310 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $48,320 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $48,360 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $48,690 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $48,900 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,250 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $49,260 Portland-South Portland, ME — $49,880 Barnstable Town, MA — $50,860 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $51,220 Napa, CA — $51,320 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,440 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,520 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $51,600 Yakima, WA — $51,670 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $51,770 Boulder, CO — $52,020 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $52,380 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $52,520 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $52,540 Longview-Kelso, WA — $52,910 New Haven, CT — $53,200 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $54,200 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $55,520 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $55,690 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $56,260 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $56,600 Walla Walla, WA — $57,470 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $57,870 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $58,260 Bellingham, WA — $58,520 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $58,740 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,610 Boulder metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boulder metro area has the 17th-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Colorado Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boulder metro areathis page
$52,020 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $45,150 to $63,890
$52,520 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $45,340 to $61,740
$47,150 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $39,190 to $61,400
$45,760 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $37,350 to $56,110
$45,640 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $36,910 to $57,510
$45,390 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $38,550 to $57,780
$44,520 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $37,510 to $57,180
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .