Fast food restaurant manager vs beverage manager

The differences between fast food restaurant managers and beverage managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a fast food restaurant manager and a beverage manager. Additionally, a beverage manager has an average salary of $53,129, which is higher than the $43,445 average annual salary of a fast food restaurant manager.

The top three skills for a fast food restaurant manager include fast food, food quality and wine. The most important skills for a beverage manager are wine, customer service, and BARS.

Fast food restaurant manager vs beverage manager overview

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Beverage Manager
Yearly salary	$43,445	$53,129
Hourly rate	$20.89	$25.54
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	151,639	90,318
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	39	39
Years of experience	4	4

Fast food restaurant manager vs beverage manager salary

Fast food restaurant managers and beverage managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Beverage Manager
Average salary	$43,445	$53,129
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $57,000	Between $39,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	Edison, NJ	Atlantic City, NJ
Highest paying state	New York	New Jersey
Best paying company	CKE Restaurants Holdings	PalmerHouse Properties
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Hospitality

Differences between fast food restaurant manager and beverage manager education

There are a few differences between a fast food restaurant manager and a beverage manager in terms of educational background:

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Beverage Manager
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Cornell University	Cornell University

Fast food restaurant manager vs beverage manager demographics

Here are the differences between fast food restaurant managers' and beverage managers' demographics:

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Beverage Manager
Average age	39	39
Gender ratio	Male, 55.5% Female, 44.5%	Male, 69.0% Female, 31.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.6% Asian, 9.1% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.6% Asian, 8.4% White, 57.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between fast food restaurant manager and beverage manager duties and responsibilities

Fast food restaurant manager example responsibilities.

Coordinate, communicate and delegate FOH responsibilities to staff to ensure excellent operations are consistently achieve.
Collaborate with culinary staff in special event menu planning and actively in planning and development of new catering business.
Conduct period inventory; maintaining records to comply with Aramark, government and accrediting agency standards.

Beverage manager example responsibilities.

Lead bartenders in everyday functions and assist with inventory control.
Work closely with management to develop departmental goals, product quality, and brand standards; assure department appearance and cleanliness.
Familiarize myself with bartending in a casual, fine, and banquet setting.
Adhere to local and government cleanliness restrictions in order to run a clean and health department abiding facility.
Utilize POS system to accurately charge customers, track revenue reports and ensure timeliness of food and beverage.
Participate in the selection, design, development of new POS system and are in charge of weekly inventory.

Fast food restaurant manager vs beverage manager skills

Common fast food restaurant manager skills

Fast Food, 63%
Food Quality, 9%
Wine, 8%
Building Maintenance, 4%
Bank Deposits, 3%
POS, 2%

Common beverage manager skills

Wine, 18%
Customer Service, 10%
BARS, 9%
Guest Service, 4%
Beverage Service, 4%
Guest Satisfaction, 4%

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