Fast food restaurant manager vs hourly manager

The differences between fast food restaurant managers and hourly 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 an hourly manager. Additionally, a fast food restaurant manager has an average salary of $43,445, which is higher than the $36,449 average annual salary of an hourly manager.

The top three skills for a fast food restaurant manager include fast food, food quality and wine. The most important skills for an hourly manager are cleanliness, food safety, and management.

Fast food restaurant manager vs hourly manager overview

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Yearly salary	$43,445	$36,449
Hourly rate	$20.89	$17.52
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	151,639	257,505
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	39	39
Years of experience	4	4

Fast food restaurant manager vs hourly manager salary

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

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Average salary	$43,445	$36,449
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $57,000	Between $25,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	Edison, NJ	-
Highest paying state	New York	-
Best paying company	CKE Restaurants Holdings	-
Best paying industry	Hospitality	-

Differences between fast food restaurant manager and hourly manager education

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

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Cornell University	Cornell University

Fast food restaurant manager vs hourly manager demographics

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

	Fast Food Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Average age	39	39
Gender ratio	Male, 55.5% Female, 44.5%	Male, 41.2% Female, 58.8%
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, 11.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% Asian, 7.1% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between fast food restaurant manager and hourly 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.

Hourly manager example responsibilities.

Promote and manage restaurant organization, cleanliness and sanitation.
Assist employees with POS and the execution of product promotion.
Assist with re-marketing of the club through Facebook, club website, and promotional events.
Submit receipts and money receive from deliveries at the end of each shift through a POS system.
Train new bartenders, weekly inventory of all beer, wine and liquor and assist in ordering product.
Perform marketing and advertising via Facebook.

Fast food restaurant manager vs hourly 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 hourly manager skills

Cleanliness, 20%
Food Safety, 20%
Management, 8%
Guest Service, 8%
Quality Service, 6%
Product Quality, 5%

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