Pay distribution $67,600 10th $73,840 25th $100,740 75th $123,560 90th
Half of Food Service Managers in the Boulder metro area earn more than $84,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $73,840 and $100,740.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $67,600 $73,840 $84,820 $100,740 $123,560 Hourly $32.50 $35.50 $40.78 $48.43 $59.40
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
$84,820 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $73,840 to $100,740
$79,870 median for Colorado; middle half earns $68,750 to $99,480
$69,390 median for United States; middle half earns $56,870 to $86,800
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +6% vs Colorado overall and +22% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $37,770 $58,113 $78,457 $98,800 Aguadilla, PR — $37,770 Mayaguez, PR — $37,860 Ponce, PR — $40,570 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $43,200 Monroe, LA — $45,800 Hammond, LA — $47,540 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $47,840 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $48,160 Wichita Falls, TX — $48,430 Lake Charles, LA — $48,480 Beckley, WV — $48,600 Texarkana, TX-AR — $48,850 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $48,890 Longview, TX — $49,070 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $49,240 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $49,580 El Paso, TX — $49,840 Laredo, TX — $49,860 Amarillo, TX — $50,140 Lafayette, LA — $50,180 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $50,390 Corpus Christi, TX — $51,120 Hot Springs, AR — $52,380 San Angelo, TX — $52,430 Wausau, WI — $53,190 Victoria, TX — $53,380 Tyler, TX — $54,210 Lubbock, TX — $54,290 Wheeling, WV-OH — $54,430 Abilene, TX — $54,510 Killeen-Temple, TX — $55,160 Sherman-Denison, TX — $55,330 Waco, TX — $55,390 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $55,810 Bay City, MI — $55,870 Jonesboro, AR — $55,940 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $55,960 Florence, SC — $56,010 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $56,040 College Station-Bryan, TX — $56,060 Charleston, WV — $56,200 Hattiesburg, MS — $56,270 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $56,450 Johnstown, PA — $57,100 Morgantown, WV — $57,100 Grand Island, NE — $57,240 Bloomington, IL — $57,690 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $57,970 Odessa, TX — $58,270 Sheboygan, WI — $58,400 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $58,410 Flint, MI — $58,440 Monroe, MI — $58,450 Battle Creek, MI — $58,500 Chambersburg, PA — $58,510 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $58,620 Williamsport, PA — $58,750 Springfield, OH — $58,890 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $58,910 Hinesville, GA — $58,960 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $59,090 Merced, CA — $59,170 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $59,250 Saginaw, MI — $59,250 Valdosta, GA — $59,260 Gadsden, AL — $59,270 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,350 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,550 Rapid City, SD — $59,580 Altoona, PA — $59,720 Farmington, NM — $59,720 Fond du Lac, WI — $59,810 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $59,820 Medford, OR — $59,910 Toledo, OH — $59,910 Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,960 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $60,190 Peoria, IL — $60,240 Erie, PA — $60,330 Kankakee, IL — $60,420 St. George, UT — $60,440 Casper, WY — $60,510 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $60,590 Clarksville, TN-KY — $60,630 Cleveland, TN — $60,630 Midland, TX — $60,670 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,670 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $60,680 Jackson, MS — $60,710 Rome, GA — $60,760 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,790 Columbus, GA-AL — $60,820 Springfield, IL — $60,830 Columbia, SC — $60,860 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $60,880 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,880 Eau Claire, WI — $60,910 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $60,950 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $61,060 Green Bay, WI — $61,060 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,110 Spartanburg, SC — $61,120 Logan, UT-ID — $61,140 Dalton, GA — $61,180 Warner Robins, GA — $61,220 Lincoln, NE — $61,240 Niles, MI — $61,360 Jackson, TN — $61,380 State College, PA — $61,380 Morristown, TN — $61,450 Lynchburg, VA — $61,460 Las Cruces, NM — $61,470 Albany, GA — $61,490 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,550 Gettysburg, PA — $61,600 Rockford, IL — $61,600 Albany, OR — $61,630 Dothan, AL — $61,640 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,690 Grants Pass, OR — $61,700 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,760 Decatur, AL — $61,830 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,890 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,930 Lebanon, PA — $61,930 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,950 Joplin, MO-KS — $62,040 Mansfield, OH — $62,040 Montgomery, AL — $62,060 Redding, CA — $62,070 Tuscaloosa, AL — $62,130 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $62,200 Jackson, MI — $62,200 Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,230 Corvallis, OR — $62,260 Ogden, UT — $62,360 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,380 Roanoke, VA — $62,520 Traverse City, MI — $62,520 Sandusky, OH — $62,580 Ames, IA — $62,590 Fort Wayne, IN — $62,620 Lima, OH — $62,650 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,660 Homosassa Springs, FL — $62,740 Sumter, SC — $62,750 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,860 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,910 Yuma, AZ — $62,920 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,930 Omaha, NE-IA — $62,940 Johnson City, TN — $62,960 Akron, OH — $62,970 Alexandria, LA — $62,990 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $63,010 Lawton, OK — $63,060 Madison, WI — $63,180 Appleton, WI — $63,190 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,240 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $63,300 Tucson, AZ — $63,350 Columbus, OH — $63,420 Springfield, MO — $63,460 Decatur, IL — $63,480 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $63,500 Bend, OR — $63,550 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,650 Kenosha, WI — $63,680 Cleveland, OH — $63,690 Jacksonville, NC — $63,710 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,720 Reading, PA — $63,750 Cheyenne, WY — $63,810 Midland, MI — $63,820 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,840 Ocala, FL — $63,860 Knoxville, TN — $63,940 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $63,990 Lancaster, PA — $63,990 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $64,000 York-Hanover, PA — $64,050 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $64,080 Twin Falls, ID — $64,080 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $64,170 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $64,220 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $64,220 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $64,230 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $64,280 Mobile, AL — $64,290 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,320 Wichita, KS — $64,320 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $64,390 Lexington Park, MD — $64,430 St. Louis, MO-IL — $64,460 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,510 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $64,610 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $64,850 Binghamton, NY — $64,870 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $64,910 Visalia, CA — $64,920 Terre Haute, IN — $64,950 Idaho Falls, ID — $64,990 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $64,990 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $64,990 Sebring, FL — $64,990 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,990 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $65,000 Vineland, NJ — $65,000 Salem, OR — $65,040 Burlington, NC — $65,160 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $65,200 Birmingham, AL — $65,230 Winchester, VA-WV — $65,330 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $65,400 Carson City, NV — $65,420 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $65,420 Pittsburgh, PA — $65,530 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $65,620 Port St. Lucie, FL — $65,630 Santa Fe, NM — $65,730 Baton Rouge, LA — $65,780 Columbia, MO — $66,020 Huntsville, AL — $66,240 Reno, NV — $66,270 Missoula, MT — $66,300 Gainesville, FL — $66,320 Bowling Green, KY — $66,380 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $66,570 Oklahoma City, OK — $66,810 Tallahassee, FL — $66,830 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $66,860 Bangor, ME — $66,960 Billings, MT — $66,980 Paducah, KY-IL — $67,140 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $67,320 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $67,470 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $67,490 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $67,580 Albuquerque, NM — $67,600 Savannah, GA — $67,650 Salisbury, MD — $67,860 Gainesville, GA — $67,910 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $68,140 Dover, DE — $68,140 Ann Arbor, MI — $68,150 Tulsa, OK — $68,670 Great Falls, MT — $69,130 Harrisonburg, VA — $69,300 Muncie, IN — $69,520 Columbus, IN — $69,800 Bloomington, IN — $69,810 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $69,860 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $70,180 Owensboro, KY — $70,200 Lawrence, KS — $70,290 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $70,440 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $70,540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $70,610 Duluth, MN-WI — $70,840 Fresno, CA — $70,860 Manhattan, KS — $70,860 Goldsboro, NC — $71,030 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $71,030 Yuba City, CA — $71,030 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $71,360 Boise City, ID — $71,410 Rocky Mount, NC — $71,430 Elizabethtown, KY — $71,490 Winston-Salem, NC — $71,500 Wilmington, NC — $71,710 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $71,810 Chico, CA — $71,850 Colorado Springs, CO — $72,140 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $72,140 Minot, ND — $72,210 Kokomo, IN — $72,250 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $72,340 Jacksonville, FL — $72,340 Modesto, CA — $72,360 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $72,500 Portland-South Portland, ME — $72,630 Fayetteville, NC — $72,770 Greenville, NC — $72,830 Asheville, NC — $73,090 Evansville, IN — $73,240 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $73,260 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $73,560 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $73,560 Richmond, VA — $73,570 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $73,780 Fargo, ND-MN — $73,890 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $73,900 Syracuse, NY — $74,140 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $74,260 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $74,390 Punta Gorda, FL — $74,670 Grand Junction, CO — $74,740 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $74,770 Vallejo, CA — $74,820 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $74,870 Charlottesville, VA — $74,990 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $75,040 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $75,040 Flagstaff, AZ — $75,050 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,070 Iowa City, IA — $75,150 Bismarck, ND — $75,260 Kansas City, MO-KS — $75,350 Topeka, KS — $75,410 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $75,440 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $75,460 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $75,610 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $75,700 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $75,730 Glens Falls, NY — $75,780 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $75,800 Utica-Rome, NY — $75,910 Rochester, NY — $76,100 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $76,160 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $76,160 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $76,840 Dubuque, IA — $76,910 Yakima, WA — $77,250 El Centro, CA — $77,290 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $77,320 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $77,470 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $77,850 Greeley, CO — $78,080 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $78,280 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $78,390 New Haven, CT — $78,480 Anchorage, AK — $78,560 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,570 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $78,930 Bozeman, MT — $78,950 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $79,020 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $79,060 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,070 Pueblo, CO — $79,100 Salinas, CA — $79,170 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $79,290 Kingston, NY — $79,470 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,490 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $79,750 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,820 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,010 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $80,080 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $80,180 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $80,420 Pittsfield, MA — $80,590 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $81,170 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $81,300 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $82,760 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $82,970 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $83,120 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $83,480 Worcester, MA — $83,570 Fairbanks-College, AK — $84,610 Boulder, CO — $84,820 Urban Honolulu, HI — $85,390 Springfield, MA — $85,410 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $86,630 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $88,290 Barnstable Town, MA — $89,090 Napa, CA — $89,870 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $89,900 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $92,420 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $92,650 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $93,550 Bellingham, WA — $93,610 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $94,890 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $98,800 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 14th-highest published median for this occupation among the 372 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 food service managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boulder metro areathis page
$84,820 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $73,840 to $100,740
$79,490 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $68,750 to $96,360
$79,100 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $65,760 to $93,590
$78,930 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $67,360 to $96,600
$78,080 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $67,790 to $94,700
$74,740 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $62,140 to $93,220
$72,140 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $65,300 to $94,840
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 .