SOC 35-1012 · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers make in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is $57,870. The 10th percentile is $44,100 and the 90th percentile is $77,460. Employment is 340.

Median annual wage

$57,870

10th percentile
$44,100
25th percentile
$48,000
Median
$57,870
75th percentile
$71,000
90th percentile
$77,460
Mean
$59,540

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, the published 10th percentile is $44,100 and the 90th percentile is $77,460. The difference is $33,360, which is 57.6% 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 $48,000 to the 75th at $71,000, covers $23,000.

The mean annual wage is $59,540, which sits above the median of $57,870. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA median is 31.3% 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 $55,722, which is 26.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% lower than the Washington median of $59,400.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is 103.855, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,870 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $55,722 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA ranks 4th of 14 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).).

  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 75 miles away, with a median of $61,610 and employment of 12,090. That median is 6.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,438, against $55,722 here.
  • Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 87 miles away, with a median of $55,690 and employment of 300. That median is 3.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,362, against $55,722 here.
  • Yakima, WA is 93 miles away, with a median of $51,670 and employment of 570. That median is 10.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,079, against $55,722 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers accounts for 0.66% of wage-and-salary employment in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA (340 of 51,220). Nationally the occupation is 0.79% of employment (1,223,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers make in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is $57,870. The 10th percentile is $44,100 and the 90th percentile is $77,460. Employment is 340.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers?

The local median is 31.3% higher than the national median of $44,080.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers pay in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is 103.855, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,870 is $55,722. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers?

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $61,610. Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA ranks 4th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.