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Buffet Manager Salary
in Muscatine, Iowa

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$37,328 (USD)

Average Salary

$18/hr

Average Hourly

$728

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Buffet Manager is $37,328 a year and $18 an hour in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. The average salary range for a Buffet Manager is between $27,809 and $44,009. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Muscatine, Iowa.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$41,929
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Muscatine, Iowa

Muscatine Cost of Living Score:

Description: Muscatine ( muss-kə-TEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,797 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from 22,697 in 2000. It is located along the Mississippi River. The local business association states that the name Muscatine is not used by any other community. Muscatine is the principal city of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area (2010 census population 54,132) as of 2011 the estimate was 54,184, which includes all of Muscatine and Louisa counties, making it the 283rd-largest micropolitan statistical area.
Description:
  • Supervises and coordinates activities of food preparation, kitchen, pantry, and storeroom personnel and purchases or requisitions foodstuffs and kitchen supplies.
  • Plans or participates in planning menus, preparing and apportioning foods, and utilizing food surpluses and leftovers.
  • Specifies number of servings to be made from any vegetable, meat, beverage, and dessert to control portion costs.
  • Supervises noncooking personnel, such as kitchen helper, to ensure cleanliness of kitchen and equipment.
  • Supervises cook and tastes, smells, and observes food to ensure conformance with recipes and appearance standards.
  • Supervises workers engaged in inventory, storage, and distribution of foodstuffs and supplies.
  • Purchases foodstuffs, kitchen supplies, and equipment, or requisitions them from purchasing agent.
  • Hires and discharges employees.
  • Trains new workers.
  • Performs other duties as described under supervisor.
  • May set prices to be charged for food items.
  • May meet with professional staff, customers, or client group to resolve menu inconsistencies or to plan menus for special occasions.
  • May assist dietitian to plan, change, test, and standardize recipes to increase number of servings prepared.
  • This job occurs typically in restaurants, cafeterias, and institutions as opposed to steward/stewardess which occurs typically in hotels.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Buffet Manager is $37,328 a year and $18 an hour in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. The average salary range for a Buffet Manager is between $27,809 and $44,009. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Muscatine, Iowa.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Buffet Manager Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

Job family population: 1,176,540

Estimated population of Buffet Manager jobs: 73,087

Rate of error: 0.6%

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Muscatine Cost of Living Score:

Description: Muscatine ( muss-kə-TEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,797 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from 22,697 in 2000. It is located along the Mississippi River. The local business association states that the name Muscatine is not used by any other community. Muscatine is the principal city of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area (2010 census population 54,132) as of 2011 the estimate was 54,184, which includes all of Muscatine and Louisa counties, making it the 283rd-largest micropolitan statistical area.
Description:
  • Supervises and coordinates activities of food preparation, kitchen, pantry, and storeroom personnel and purchases or requisitions foodstuffs and kitchen supplies.
  • Plans or participates in planning menus, preparing and apportioning foods, and utilizing food surpluses and leftovers.
  • Specifies number of servings to be made from any vegetable, meat, beverage, and dessert to control portion costs.
  • Supervises noncooking personnel, such as kitchen helper, to ensure cleanliness of kitchen and equipment.
  • Supervises cook and tastes, smells, and observes food to ensure conformance with recipes and appearance standards.
  • Supervises workers engaged in inventory, storage, and distribution of foodstuffs and supplies.
  • Purchases foodstuffs, kitchen supplies, and equipment, or requisitions them from purchasing agent.
  • Hires and discharges employees.
  • Trains new workers.
  • Performs other duties as described under supervisor.
  • May set prices to be charged for food items.
  • May meet with professional staff, customers, or client group to resolve menu inconsistencies or to plan menus for special occasions.
  • May assist dietitian to plan, change, test, and standardize recipes to increase number of servings prepared.
  • This job occurs typically in restaurants, cafeterias, and institutions as opposed to steward/stewardess which occurs typically in hotels.
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