Career Atlas USA

Food Service Managers Salary in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Food Service Managers in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is $48,890. BLS estimates approximately 350 people work in this occupation in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 29.5% below the national median ($69,390).

Median salary
$48,890
Average salary
$55,950
Median hourly
$23.50
Employment
350

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$37,280$17.92
25th percentile$45,030$21.65
Median (50th)$48,890$23.50
75th percentile$61,270$29.46
90th percentile$84,590$40.67

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 3.1% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 10.8% — Reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
2.245
Location quotient
1.46

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX’s regional price level is below the national average (index 85.975, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $56,865 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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