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First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Salary in Virginia

The median annual wage for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in Virginia is $45,550 ($21.90 per hour) +3.3% vs. the national median of $44,080. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$45,550
Mean annual wage
$46,810
Median hourly wage
$21.90
Employment in VA
30,640

30,640 employed · 7.5 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Virginia

Wage distribution for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in Virginia (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$32,030$15.40
25th percentile$36,790$17.69
Median (50th)$45,550$21.90
75th percentile$54,220$26.07
90th percentile$63,250$30.41

What this salary is worth in Virginia

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$45,053

Virginia prices are 101.1 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
41.6%

Median gross rent in Virginia: $1,579/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $1,139/mo

Est. affordable home price
$166,163

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in Virginia is $383,700 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers salary in other states

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.