How much do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers make in Amarillo, TX?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, the published 10th percentile is $28,250 and the 90th percentile is $59,280. The difference is $31,030, which is 87.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $29,530 to the 75th at $44,380, covers $14,850.

The mean annual wage is $38,760, which sits above the median of $35,470. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amarillo, TX median is 19.5% lower than the national median of $44,080 for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,630, which is 12.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% lower than the Texas median of $36,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,470 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $38,630 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Amarillo, TX ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Lubbock, TX is 123 miles away, with a median of $33,220 and employment of 2,020. That median is 6.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,379, against $38,630 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Amarillo, TX (1,330 of 123,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.79% of employment (1,223,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.