Also called: Food Service Supervisors
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers build management of personnel resources, coordination and instructing skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Food Service Managers (88%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food Service Managers | 88% | $69,390 | +57% | None |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | 87% | $49,100 | +11% | None |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 87% | $48,520 | +10% | None |
| 4 | First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services | 86% | $48,560 | +10% | None |
| 5 | First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers | 77% | $63,820 | +45% | None |
| 6 | Gambling Managers | 76% | $93,220 | +111% | None |
| 7 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 75% | $69,500 | +58% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers | 75% | $48,590 | +10% | Certificate or associate |
| 9 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | 73% | $96,660 | +119% | None |
| 10 | First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers | 71% | $55,940 | +27% | None |
Compared with First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, median $44,080. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
88% skill match · $69,390 · +57% pay
Operations Analysis · Equipment Selection · Equipment Maintenance
87% skill match · $49,100 · +11% pay
Equipment Selection · Equipment Maintenance · Repairing
87% skill match · $48,520 · +10% pay
Operations Analysis · Programming · Technology Design
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Food Service Managers (88% skill match, median $69,390), First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers (87% skill match, median $49,100) and First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (87% skill match, median $48,520), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 16 pay more than first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+119%, $96,660), Gambling Managers (+111%, $93,220) and First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers (+99%, $87,520).
19 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.