Georgia / Dougherty County Board of Education / School Food Service Manager

Job-title file

School Food Service Manager

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

31 employees hold this title in Dougherty County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $32,426, below the department median of $43,936.

Employees: 31
Total payroll: $1.1M
Role median: $32,426
Agency median: $43,936
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$15,016$67,735+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 31 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

School Food Service Manager pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Food Service Managers — about 9,230 people — is $65,280. Dougherty County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $33,189 for this role, 49% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Dougherty County Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$39,990

$55,240

$65,280

$79,730

$97,860

Dougherty County Board of Education median · $33,189

The bar is the range of annual wages for Food Service Managers across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Dougherty County Board of Education’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Food Service Managers — about 238,430 people — is $69,390. Dougherty County Board of Education’s median base salary is 52% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$45,960

$56,870

$69,390

$86,800

$107,640

Dougherty County Board of Education median · $33,189

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 27 of 31 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Dougherty County Board of Education is $32,426, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Georgia

School Food Service Manager is held in 169 Georgia departments. In Dougherty County Board of Education, the median of $32,426 ranks #111 of 169.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Calhoun County Board of Education

$57,554 · 1

Twiggs County Board of Education

$57,297 · 2

Dekalb County Board of Education

$55,654 · 139

City of Marietta Board of Education

$55,309 · 13

City of Calhoun Board of Education

$53,764 · 3

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$53,026 · 178

Early County Board of Education

$52,060 · 2

Bartow County Board of Education

$50,887 · 20

Cobb County School District

$49,824 · 117

Taliaferro County Board of Education

$49,754 · 1

Quitman County Board of Education

$49,449 · 1

City of Carrollton Board of Education

$49,209 · 4

Median total compensation for the School Food Service Manager role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

School Food Service Manager beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $39,835 ranks #2 of 2. See School Food Service Manager across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York City

$60,295 · 326

Median total compensation for comparable School Food Service Manager roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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