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Food Service Managers pay in Akron, OH and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food Service Managers is $62,970 per year in Akron, OH. It is $98,800 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Akron, OH is 36.3% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 440 wage and salary jobs in Akron, OH and 760 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings