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Industries with Fastest Food Service Managers Salary Growth

These industries raised Food Service Managers salaries the most from 2019 to 2024. Useful for deciding which industry to work in or switch to for better pay growth.

56
Industries with Growth
+91.8%
Highest Growth
+25.8%
Average Growth
6
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Food Service Managers salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 56 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Other Residential Care Facilities $54,110 $103,800 +$49,690 +91.8%
2 Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) $62,330 $106,800 +$44,470 +71.3%
3 Junior Colleges $47,840 $74,460 +$26,620 +55.6%
4 Other Food Manufacturing $67,980 $103,220 +$35,240 +51.8%
5 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing $51,720 $75,820 +$24,100 +46.6%
6 Food Manufacturing $58,740 $85,520 +$26,780 +45.6%
7 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods $62,580 $89,090 +$26,510 +42.4%
8 Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $50,850 $72,330 +$21,480 +42.2%
9 Outpatient Care Centers $64,940 $88,980 +$24,040 +37.0%
10 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) $62,630 $85,760 +$23,130 +36.9%
11 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $53,080 $72,330 +$19,250 +36.3%
12 Ambulatory Health Care Services $66,330 $89,010 +$22,680 +34.2%
13 Management of Companies and Enterprises $63,500 $84,990 +$21,490 +33.8%
14 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals $66,780 $88,740 +$21,960 +32.9%
15 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $58,390 $76,700 +$18,310 +31.4%
16 Amusement Parks and Arcades $54,390 $71,210 +$16,820 +30.9%
17 Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $65,830 $85,260 +$19,430 +29.5%
18 Performing Arts Companies $60,470 $78,000 +$17,530 +29.0%
19 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $79,090 $100,790 +$21,700 +27.4%
20 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries $61,570 $78,460 +$16,890 +27.4%
21 Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly $63,480 $79,790 +$16,310 +25.7%
22 Other Amusement and Recreation Industries $63,290 $78,740 +$15,450 +24.4%
23 Special Food Services $62,240 $77,400 +$15,160 +24.4%
24 Educational Services $64,740 $80,170 +$15,430 +23.8%
25 Accommodation $64,660 $79,210 +$14,550 +22.5%
26 Traveler Accommodation $64,780 $79,290 +$14,510 +22.4%
27 Gasoline Stations $45,590 $55,740 +$10,150 +22.3%
28 Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) $53,210 $64,990 +$11,780 +22.1%
29 Office Administrative Services $59,510 $72,630 +$13,120 +22.0%
30 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $63,700 $77,230 +$13,530 +21.2%
31 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries $62,230 $74,990 +$12,760 +20.5%
32 Administrative and Support Services $60,510 $72,650 +$12,140 +20.1%
33 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $61,270 $73,390 +$12,120 +19.8%
34 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water $59,200 $70,760 +$11,560 +19.5%
35 Elementary and Secondary Schools $63,730 $75,930 +$12,200 +19.1%
36 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation $59,650 $70,760 +$11,110 +18.6%
37 Restaurants and Other Eating Places $52,770 $62,490 +$9,720 +18.4%
38 Gambling Industries $67,150 $79,510 +$12,360 +18.4%
39 Food Services and Drinking Places $53,550 $63,040 +$9,490 +17.7%
40 RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps $55,180 $64,100 +$8,920 +16.2%
41 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $64,080 $74,350 +$10,270 +16.0%
42 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $69,480 $80,410 +$10,930 +15.7%
43 Spectator Sports $59,810 $68,980 +$9,170 +15.3%
44 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $64,370 $73,680 +$9,310 +14.5%
45 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events $66,150 $75,700 +$9,550 +14.4%
46 Civic and Social Organizations $67,560 $76,810 +$9,250 +13.7%
47 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $57,630 $65,170 +$7,540 +13.1%
48 Employment Services $62,040 $70,140 +$8,100 +13.1%
49 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations $65,800 $73,740 +$7,940 +12.1%
50 Hospitals $76,740 $85,670 +$8,930 +11.6%
51 Social Assistance $61,400 $68,130 +$6,730 +11.0%
52 Facilities Support Services $71,340 $78,830 +$7,490 +10.5%
53 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $67,240 $74,120 +$6,880 +10.2%
54 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing $58,810 $63,800 +$4,990 +8.5%
55 Beverage Manufacturing $58,810 $63,800 +$4,990 +8.5%
56 Religious Organizations $62,740 $63,500 +$760 +1.2%

6 Industries with Salary Decline

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Decrease % Decline
1 Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services $75,230 $50,990 -$24,240 -32.2%
2 Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries $63,150 $45,990 -$17,160 -27.2%
3 Motion Picture and Video Industries $63,150 $45,990 -$17,160 -27.2%
4 Motion Picture and Video Exhibition $63,150 $45,990 -$17,160 -27.2%
5 Individual and Family Services $66,120 $63,540 -$2,580 -3.9%
6 Temporary Help Services $64,010 $61,890 -$2,120 -3.3%

About This Data

Salary growth is calculated by comparing the median annual wage for Food Service Managers in each industry between 2019 and 2024, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Growth percentage = (2024 median - 2019 median) / 2019 median × 100.

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