Food Service Managers

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Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

What a food service manager does

Become a food service manager

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good food service manager

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Looking for ways to help people.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
  • Managing your time and the time of other people.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $42 per hour with an average salary of $87,500 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $30 and $50 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $61,700 and $103,500 per year.

Food Service Manager job outlook

  • There are 2,344 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 985 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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