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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
- Average hourly rate is $38 per hour with an average salary of $87,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $25 and $42 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $16,900 and $72,400 per year.
- 46% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $30 per hour with an average salary of $32,300 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.
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.