How much do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers make in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, the published 10th percentile is $27,490 and the 90th percentile is $60,010. The difference is $32,520, which is 83.2% 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 $31,030 to the 75th at $48,640, covers $17,610.

The mean annual wage is $42,220, which sits above the median of $39,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC median is 11.3% 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 $41,733, which is 5.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% higher than the South Carolina median of $38,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 93.642, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $41,733 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC ranks 15th of 23 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).).

• Florence, SC is 50 miles away, with a median of $36,540 and employment of 740. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,109, against $41,733 here.
• Wilmington, NC is 59 miles away, with a median of $44,360 and employment of 2,210. That median is 13.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,006, against $41,733 here.
• Fayetteville, NC is 78 miles away, with a median of $38,760 and employment of 1,280. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,141, against $41,733 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers accounts for 1.5% of wage-and-salary employment in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC (2,190 of 146,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.79% of employment (1,223,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.90 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.