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Pay by state · 54 states

First-Line Supervisor of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Salary by State (2026)

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers earn the most in Washington at $59,400 a year and the least in Guam at $27,310 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $44,080. All 54 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$59,400Washington
National median
$44,080BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$27,310Guam
States reporting
54of 54 OEWS areas

All states

First-Line Supervisor of Food Preparation and Serving Workers salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1WAWashington
$59,400
$48,660$73,86020,700$55,507
2DCDistrict of Columbia
$57,170
$45,990$65,4302,830$52,020
3CTConnecticut
$52,940
$41,770$64,01010,770$51,095
4COColorado
$50,550
$42,850$61,68025,510$49,053
5VTVermont
$49,820
$43,920$59,5601,970$50,859
6NHNew Hampshire
$49,710
$40,870$62,4703,840$47,722
7HIHawaii
$48,880
$40,730$63,6807,330$44,456
8NJNew Jersey
$48,420
$38,290$61,05027,750$44,502
9RIRhode Island
$48,400
$41,600$64,1803,320$47,321
10DEDelaware
$48,120
$44,670$60,1304,030$48,213
11MEMaine
$47,990
$41,590$57,9303,740$49,449
12NYNew York
$47,190
$39,250$58,28065,580$43,726
13CACalifornia
$46,980
$44,460$59,200130,190$42,431
14OROregon
$46,950
$38,640$58,52016,880$45,423
15MAMassachusetts
$46,600
$39,650$60,89023,220$44,063
16AKAlaska
$46,570
$37,460$60,8002,390$45,497
17VAVirginia
$45,550
$36,790$54,22030,640$45,053
18MNMinnesota
$45,270
$38,550$55,60020,760$45,903
19NCNorth Carolina
$45,010
$36,190$57,40039,750$47,717
20INIndiana
$44,880
$36,810$56,60023,500$48,088
21NDNorth Dakota
$44,720
$37,400$48,4302,780$50,270
22FLFlorida
$44,470
$35,920$57,22091,500$43,002
23NVNevada
$44,030
$36,640$55,75014,230$44,039
24MTMontana
$44,010
$36,420$55,0704,650$46,500
25PAPennsylvania
$43,050
$36,020$49,68035,560$44,121
26MDMaryland
$42,450
$36,660$55,32020,150$40,444
27SDSouth Dakota
$40,640
$36,960$46,8002,920$45,876
28AZArizona
$40,550
$36,890$52,65021,450$40,277
29TNTennessee
$40,500
$34,980$55,46029,100$44,084
30WIWisconsin
$39,670
$35,650$49,55021,240$42,160
31ILIllinois
$39,470
$36,170$54,02041,030$39,487
32NMNew Mexico
$39,310
$34,890$49,4806,540$42,630
33VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$39,260
$26,190$58,250340N/A
34NENebraska
$39,230
$36,310$47,5807,840$43,539
35IAIowa
$38,760
$35,160$47,28011,400$44,165
36UTUtah
$38,750
$35,540$49,16013,670$39,195
37GAGeorgia
$38,600
$31,200$48,39048,420$40,086
38SCSouth Carolina
$38,520
$33,350$49,30020,120$41,088
39KSKansas
$38,220
$34,650$49,58010,520$42,435
40IDIdaho
$38,190
$35,170$47,8407,440$39,992
41MIMichigan
$37,940
$34,480$47,00032,890$39,432
42MOMissouri
$37,400
$34,500$47,90021,650$41,182
43OHOhio
$37,340
$35,220$46,40051,990$40,248
44ALAlabama
$37,110
$30,470$46,71019,180$41,780
45WYWyoming
$36,820
$31,120$49,9102,680$39,723
46MSMississippi
$36,530
$28,950$46,53010,480$42,011
47TXTexas
$36,480
$29,830$47,370137,930$37,586
48KYKentucky
$35,810
$29,850$45,17018,010$39,719
49LALouisiana
$35,800
$29,230$45,84016,680$40,586
50OKOklahoma
$35,420
$29,160$45,51018,900$40,322
51ARArkansas
$33,800
$29,100$38,22011,200$38,879
52WVWest Virginia
$33,070
$28,430$38,9606,390$36,951
53PRPuerto Rico
$28,420
$24,040$33,0406,960N/A
54GUGuam
$27,310
$23,170$28,910640N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, that changes the ranking: Washington leads on raw pay at $59,400, while Washington leads once prices are taken into account at $55,507.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

First-Line Supervisor of Food Preparation and Serving Workers pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers the most?

Washington reports the highest median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $59,400 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by District of Columbia ($57,170) and Connecticut ($52,940).

Which state pays First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers the least?

Guam reports the lowest median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $27,310 a year, $32,090 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts Washington first at $55,507 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $59,400. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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