How much do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers make in Traverse City, MI?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, the published 10th percentile is $29,840 and the 90th percentile is $64,740. The difference is $34,900, which is 81.1% 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 $35,140 to the 75th at $49,030, covers $13,890.

The mean annual wage is $44,330, which sits above the median of $43,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Traverse City, MI median is 2.4% 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 $46,084, which is 4.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.4% higher than the Michigan median of $37,940.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Traverse City, MI is 93.372, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $46,084 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Traverse City, MI ranks 1st of 19 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).).

• Green Bay, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $38,280 and employment of 1,220. That median is 11% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,123, against $46,084 here.
• Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $36,480 and employment of 660. That median is 15.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,430, against $46,084 here.
• Midland, MI is 118 miles away, with a median of $37,400 and employment of 320. That median is 13.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,687, against $46,084 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers accounts for 1.0% of wage-and-salary employment in Traverse City, MI (700 of 68,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.79% of employment (1,223,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.30 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.