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Food Service Manager 2 pay range

State of Washington · class code 677F

$52,872 to $76,608 per year$52,872$76,608MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $64,740 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of Washington

Class code
677F
Salary range
48
Pay unit
Year
Alternate ranges
2
State
Washington

Step progression

Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 48 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.

BasisABCDEFGHIJKLM
Annual$52,872$54,204$55,596$56,952$58,392$59,760$61,332$62,880$64,512$66,072$67,704$69,348$71,136
Monthly$4,406$4,517$4,633$4,746$4,866$4,980$5,111$5,240$5,376$5,506$5,642$5,779$5,928
Hourly$25.32$25.96$26.63$27.28$27.97$28.62$29.37$30.11$30.90$31.64$32.43$33.21$34.07

Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.

Alternate ranges

Bargaining unitMinimumMaximumBasis
As listed$52,872$71,136per year
Doc Wfse$56,952$76,608per year

The listing prints a separate range for classes covered by a bargaining agreement. Which one applies depends on the employee's unit.

Class specification

The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.

What the state says the job is

Manages the food service department where 12,000 to 30,000 meals are prepared each month. Duties include supervising others engaged in planning menus, ordering, storing, and maintaining inventories of foods and supplies, preparing and serving meals, and planning and preparing modified diets and menus which conform with medical care programs.

Examples of the work

Supervises cooks, bakers, meatcutters, and other food services personnel and detail kitchen help; assigns and schedules work; gives in‑service training to cooks and other employees; instructs detail kitchen help in simple food preparation and kitchen procedures; Plans daily, weekly, special, and other menus; converts standard menus to fit needs; Makes budget estimates; determines food costs; estimates and orders food supplies and equipment; supervises receiving, checking, storage, and distribution of food supplies and equipment; Inspects kitchen, dining, and food preparation areas to ensure proper food handling, sanitation, elimination of safety hazards, and proper use and care of equipment; ...

Minimum qualifications

Three years of supervisory or leadwork experience in large‑scale food operations involving work in the planning, organization, and production of meals, food procurement, storage, and preparation, or closely related work. A Bachelor's degree involving major study in institutional food management, restaurant management, or dietetics may be substituted for two years of the required experience. OR Two years of experience as a Cook 3 or Dietitian or equivalent.

Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.

Where this comes from

Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.

The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.

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Food Service Manager 2 in other states

StateMinimumMaximumPer year at full time
Ohio$27.73$34.35$57,678 to $71,448
Tennessee$4,562$6,825$54,744 to $81,900

Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.

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