Food Service Managers Salary — Columbus, Indiana

The average Food Service Managers in Columbus, Indiana earns $76,510 a year.

$76,510 / year, mean
↑ 1.1% above national average 100th percentile in Indiana

Columbus sits at the very top of the range for this role in Indiana — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for food service managers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Indiana

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 5.7%
Cost of living 93 #126 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1484 #39 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $277,164 #119 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,365 #50 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Columbus ranks #126 for cost of living and #119 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $104,480 Kennewick $104,110 San Jose $98,230 Olympia $97,450 Napa $96,840 Bellingham $96,170 San Francisco $94,820 New York $93,730 Naples $91,140 Atlantic City $87,990 Spokane $87,570 Kiryas Joel $87,290 Kingston $86,630 Trenton $86,570 Salinas $86,290 Miami $86,050 Yakima $86,030 Santa Rosa $85,080 San Diego $84,680 Los Angeles $84,570 Sarasota $83,600 Santa Maria $82,980 El Centro $82,240 Albany $82,100 Rochester $82,080 San Luis Obispo $81,990 Buffalo $81,740 Utica $81,170 Sebastian $80,910 Oxnard $80,710 Glens Falls $80,560 Elizabethtown $79,920 Sacramento $79,380 Vallejo $79,000 Richmond $78,900 Santa Cruz $78,840 Charlottesville $78,650 Philadelphia $77,430 Crestview $77,190 Syracuse $77,020 Wildwood $76,710 Columbus $76,510 Riverside $76,510 Vineland $76,250 Modesto $76,220 Baltimore $76,110 Fort Myers $75,960 Fresno $75,600 Tampa $75,540 Stockton $75,330 Punta Gorda $75,280 Jacksonville $74,840 Chico $74,800 Yuba City $74,650 Panama City $74,630 Kankakee $74,400 Bloomington $74,380 Indianapolis $74,230 Bakersfield $73,760 Salem $73,320 Michigan City $73,140 Harrisonburg $73,070 Elkhart $72,900 Lexington $72,890 Austin $72,840 Orlando $72,830 Visalia $72,770 Bend $72,760 Binghamton $72,680 Port St. Lucie $72,610 Corvallis $72,540 Portland $72,510 Rockford $72,360 Evansville $72,340 Merced $72,300 Hanford $72,230 Salisbury $72,110 Pensacola $72,070 Kokomo $72,060 Louisville $71,900 Deltona $71,610 Lexington Park $71,510 Ann Arbor $71,460 Lafayette $71,300 Muncie $71,260 Dover $71,120 Allentown $70,670 Gainesville $70,620 Roanoke $70,530 Dallas $70,500 Fort Wayne $70,440 Blacksburg $70,210 Virginia Beach $70,180 Winchester $70,100 Tallahassee $70,070 Chicago $70,020 Bowling Green $69,990 Terre Haute $69,960 Decatur $69,720 Houston $69,600 Traverse City $69,110 Albany $68,950 Redding $68,710 South Bend $68,690 Ocala $68,470 Lynchburg $68,460 Pittsburgh $68,370 Paducah $68,260 Owensboro $68,230 Peoria $68,100 Reading $68,070 Lansing $67,960 Springfield $67,960 Midland $67,860 Homosassa Springs $67,570 Detroit $67,510 Kalamazoo $67,500 Grants Pass $67,440 Lancaster $67,190 Palm Bay $67,190 Staunton $67,080 Midland $66,690 Jackson $66,600 Sebring $66,430 Niles $66,050 Eugene $65,800 Battle Creek $65,390 Champaign $65,220 Grand Rapids $65,190 State College $65,020 Harrisburg $64,640 Bloomington $64,580 York $64,560 Hagerstown $64,470 Lebanon $64,130 Medford $64,010 Watertown $63,390 Monroe $63,090 Gettysburg $63,070 Corpus Christi $62,550 Odessa $62,520 Lakeland $62,430 San Antonio $62,360 Muskegon $62,120 Saginaw $61,800 Waco $61,710 Flint $61,210 Scranton $61,210 Erie $60,730 Beaumont $60,630 Sherman $60,570 Altoona $60,240 College Station $60,180 Tyler $59,770 Abilene $59,740 Williamsport $59,680 Morgantown $59,630 Bay City $59,520 Huntington $59,450 Killeen $59,030 Chambersburg $58,940 Victoria $58,680 Lubbock $58,190 San Angelo $57,590 Weirton $57,500 Amarillo $57,410 Charleston $57,250 Longview $56,680 El Paso $56,600 Johnstown $56,170 Wheeling $56,170 Brownsville $55,950 Laredo $55,800 McAllen $55,450 Texarkana $55,170 Parkersburg $53,420 Wichita Falls $53,390 Beckley $50,850
CityMean salaryvs. Columbus
Abilene, Texas$59,740-21.9%
Albany, Oregon$68,950-9.9%
Albany, New York$82,100+7.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$70,670-7.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$60,240-21.3%
Amarillo, Texas$57,410-25.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$71,460-6.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$87,990+15.0%
Austin, Texas$72,840-4.8%
Bakersfield, California$73,760-3.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$76,110-0.5%
Battle Creek, Michigan$65,390-14.5%
Bay City, Michigan$59,520-22.2%
Beaumont, Texas$60,630-20.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$50,850-33.5%
Bellingham, Washington$96,170+25.7%
Bend, Oregon$72,760-4.9%
Binghamton, New York$72,680-5.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$70,210-8.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$64,580-15.6%
Bloomington, Indiana$74,380-2.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$69,990-8.5%
Brownsville, Texas$55,950-26.9%
Buffalo, New York$81,740+6.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$75,960-0.7%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$58,940-23.0%
Champaign, Illinois$65,220-14.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$57,250-25.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$78,650+2.8%
Chicago, Illinois$70,020-8.5%
Chico, California$74,800-2.2%
College Station, Texas$60,180-21.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$62,550-18.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$72,540-5.2%
Crestview, Florida$77,190+0.9%
Dallas, Texas$70,500-7.9%
Decatur, Illinois$69,720-8.9%
Deltona, Florida$71,610-6.4%
Detroit, Michigan$67,510-11.8%
Dover, Delaware$71,120-7.0%
El Centro, California$82,240+7.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$79,920+4.5%
Elkhart, Indiana$72,900-4.7%
El Paso, Texas$56,600-26.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$60,730-20.6%
Eugene, Oregon$65,800-14.0%
Evansville, Indiana$72,340-5.5%
Flint, Michigan$61,210-20.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$70,440-7.9%
Fresno, California$75,600-1.2%
Gainesville, Florida$70,620-7.7%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$63,070-17.6%
Glens Falls, New York$80,560+5.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$65,190-14.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$67,440-11.9%
Hagerstown, Maryland$64,470-15.7%
Hanford, California$72,230-5.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$64,640-15.5%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$73,070-4.5%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$67,570-11.7%
Houston, Texas$69,600-9.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$59,450-22.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$74,230-3.0%
Jackson, Michigan$66,600-13.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$74,840-2.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$56,170-26.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$67,500-11.8%
Kankakee, Illinois$74,400-2.8%
Kennewick, Washington$104,110+36.1%
Killeen, Texas$59,030-22.8%
Kingston, New York$86,630+13.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$87,290+14.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$72,060-5.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$71,300-6.8%
Lakeland, Florida$62,430-18.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$67,190-12.2%
Lansing, Michigan$67,960-11.2%
Laredo, Texas$55,800-27.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$64,130-16.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$72,890-4.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$71,510-6.5%
Longview, Texas$56,680-25.9%
Los Angeles, California$84,570+10.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$71,900-6.0%
Lubbock, Texas$58,190-23.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$68,460-10.5%
McAllen, Texas$55,450-27.5%
Medford, Oregon$64,010-16.3%
Merced, California$72,300-5.5%
Miami, Florida$86,050+12.5%
Michigan City, Indiana$73,140-4.4%
Midland, Michigan$66,690-12.8%
Midland, Texas$67,860-11.3%
Modesto, California$76,220-0.4%
Monroe, Michigan$63,090-17.5%
Morgantown, West Virginia$59,630-22.1%
Muncie, Indiana$71,260-6.9%
Muskegon, Michigan$62,120-18.8%
Napa, California$96,840+26.6%
Naples, Florida$91,140+19.1%
New York, New York$93,730+22.5%
Niles, Michigan$66,050-13.7%
Sarasota, Florida$83,600+9.3%
Ocala, Florida$68,470-10.5%
Odessa, Texas$62,520-18.3%
Olympia, Washington$97,450+27.4%
Orlando, Florida$72,830-4.8%
Owensboro, Kentucky$68,230-10.8%
Oxnard, California$80,710+5.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$68,260-10.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$67,190-12.2%
Panama City, Florida$74,630-2.5%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$53,420-30.2%
Pensacola, Florida$72,070-5.8%
Peoria, Illinois$68,100-11.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$77,430+1.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$68,370-10.6%
Portland, Oregon$72,510-5.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$72,610-5.1%
Punta Gorda, Florida$75,280-1.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$68,070-11.0%
Redding, California$68,710-10.2%
Richmond, Virginia$78,900+3.1%
Riverside, California$76,510+0.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$70,530-7.8%
Rochester, New York$82,080+7.3%
Rockford, Illinois$72,360-5.4%
Sacramento, California$79,380+3.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$61,800-19.2%
Salem, Oregon$73,320-4.2%
Salinas, California$86,290+12.8%
Salisbury, Maryland$72,110-5.8%
San Angelo, Texas$57,590-24.7%
San Antonio, Texas$62,360-18.5%
San Diego, California$84,680+10.7%
San Francisco, California$94,820+23.9%
San Jose, California$98,230+28.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$81,990+7.2%
Santa Cruz, California$78,840+3.0%
Santa Maria, California$82,980+8.5%
Santa Rosa, California$85,080+11.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$61,210-20.0%
Seattle, Washington$104,480+36.6%
Sebastian, Florida$80,910+5.8%
Sebring, Florida$66,430-13.2%
Sherman, Texas$60,570-20.8%
South Bend, Indiana$68,690-10.2%
Spokane, Washington$87,570+14.5%
Springfield, Illinois$67,960-11.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$65,020-15.0%
Staunton, Virginia$67,080-12.3%
Stockton, California$75,330-1.5%
Syracuse, New York$77,020+0.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$70,070-8.4%
Tampa, Florida$75,540-1.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$69,960-8.6%
Texarkana, Texas$55,170-27.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$69,110-9.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$86,570+13.1%
Tyler, Texas$59,770-21.9%
Utica, New York$81,170+6.1%
Vallejo, California$79,000+3.3%
Victoria, Texas$58,680-23.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$76,250-0.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$70,180-8.3%
Visalia, California$72,770-4.9%
Waco, Texas$61,710-19.3%
Watertown, New York$63,390-17.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$57,500-24.8%
Wheeling, West Virginia$56,170-26.6%
Wichita Falls, Texas$53,390-30.2%
Wildwood, Florida$76,710+0.3%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$59,680-22.0%
Winchester, Virginia$70,100-8.4%
Yakima, Washington$86,030+12.4%
York, Pennsylvania$64,560-15.6%
Yuba City, California$74,650-2.4%
Gross salary
76,510/yr
Estimated take-home
59,068/yr
Est. total withheld
22.8%

Single filer, federal + Indiana state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 11-9051 SOC code
Official area Columbus, IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 18020 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: in_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
82,881