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Food Service Managers
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.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
- 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
- Typical hourly rate is $36 per hour with a typical salary of $71,800 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $25 and $42 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $16,200 and $73,100 per year.
- 47% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $27 per hour with a typical salary of $30,900 per year.
- 46.2% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past 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.
Multiple Jobs
- 4% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 23% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.