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

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, the published 10th percentile is $31,590 and the 90th percentile is $62,040. The difference is $30,450, which is 68.3% 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 $36,080 to the 75th at $49,720, covers $13,640.

The mean annual wage is $44,700, which sits above the median of $44,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisonburg, VA median is 1.1% higher 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 $46,959, which is 6.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.2% lower than the Virginia median of $45,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisonburg, VA is 94.892, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $46,959 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Harrisonburg, VA ranks 9th of 38 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).).

• Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is 27 miles away, with a median of $43,190 and employment of 400. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,395, against $46,959 here.
• Charlottesville, VA is 42 miles away, with a median of $45,800 and employment of 970. That median is 2.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,195, against $46,959 here.
• Winchester, VA-WV is 57 miles away, with a median of $42,730 and employment of 510. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,303, against $46,959 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers accounts for 0.87% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisonburg, VA (570 of 65,460). Nationally the occupation is 0.79% of employment (1,223,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.11 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.