How much do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers make in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, the published 10th percentile is $41,530 and the 90th percentile is $82,700. The difference is $41,170, which is 74.2% 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 $47,900 to the 75th at $64,780, covers $16,880.

The mean annual wage is $58,780, which sits above the median of $55,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median is 26% 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 $50,279, which is 14.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.2% higher than the California median of $46,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 110.423, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $50,279 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks 1st of 20 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).).

• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 36 miles away, with a median of $48,220 and employment of 960. That median is 13.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,878, against $50,279 here.
• Merced, CA is 41 miles away, with a median of $45,490 and employment of 660. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,288, against $50,279 here.
• Salinas, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $48,220 and employment of 1,450. That median is 13.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,221, against $50,279 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers accounts for 0.56% of wage-and-salary employment in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (6,390 of 1,134,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.79% of employment (1,223,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.72 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.