Food Operations Manager Salary in Columbus, OH

How much does a Food Operations Manager make in Columbus, OH?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Food Operations Manager in Columbus, OH is $93,815. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $82,180 to $107,572, with most professionals earning between $71,587 and $120,096.

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Demonstrated abilities of purchasing and inventory control, personnel management, and in in-depth knowledge of different levels of guest service applicable to saloons, fast-food establishments, and in family and fine dining.

December 06, 2022

Supervises the day to day activities of associates and assigns responsibilities to ensure the lounge is open and staffed appropriately, clean, inventory levels are appropriate and equipment is working properly.

January 04, 2023

Develop a strategy and utilize your workload planning tools to manage all scheduled workload ensuring you are guest ready at all times.

January 13, 2023

Monitors all quality control records and airline service standards for assigned lounge, to include ensuring compliance with quality assurance and loss prevention policies and procedures.

January 24, 2023

Maintains effective communication and positive associate relations by ensuring all associate activities are performed in a timely and professional manner, to include hiring, training, performance reviews, progressive discipline, resolving associate relations issues, and implementing associate engagement programs.

March 24, 2023

Requires 3-5 or more years of experience as a supervisor or unit-level manager in high volume airline lounge operations and/or multi-unit Food and Beverage or Merchandise operations or other related management experience.

April 14, 2023

Demonstrates team management, delegation, issue resolution, coaching skills and ability to motivate others and act as a change agent.

April 21, 2023

Provide accountability to the supervisory team, ensuring that training, evaluating and monitoring team member performance and SOP compliance expectations are met.

April 25, 2023

Lead your Team Leaders to effectively plan workload including store transitions, planogram, price change, stocking and backstocking.

April 28, 2023

Manages the day to day activities of associates and assigns responsibilities to ensure units are open and staffed appropriately, the store is clean, inventory levels are appropriate and equipment is working properly.

May 11, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Food Operations Manager in Columbus, OH

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

82180

107572

93815

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

82960

110330

95281

What is the average salary for Food Operations Manager in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Food Operations Manager in Columbus, OH. The base salary for Food Operations Manager ranges from $82,180 to $107,572 with the average base salary of $93,815. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $82,960 to $110,330 with the average total cash compensation of $95,281.

View Average Salary for Food Operations Manager as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$93,815	$82,180 - $107,572
Bonus	$1,466	$781 - $2,759
Total Pay	$95,281	$82,960 - $110,330

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Food Operations Manager Salary Near Columbus, OH

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Newark, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $81,673 - $106,909	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Springfield, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,610 - $102,898	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Chillicothe, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,065 - $100,877	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Mansfield, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $80,787 - $105,749	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Dayton, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $81,682 - $106,920	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Lima, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,205 - $102,368	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH

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About Columbus, Ohio

The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Darby Creek. Columbus is considered to have relatively flat topography thanks to a large glacier that covered most of Ohio during the Wisconsin Ice Age. However, there are sizable differences in elevation through the area, with the high point of Franklin County being 1,132 ft (345 m) above sea level near New Albany, and the low point being 670 ft (200 m) where the Scioto River leaves...

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