Restaurant manager vs hourly manager

The differences between 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 restaurant manager and an hourly manager. Additionally, a restaurant manager has an average salary of $52,202, which is higher than the $36,449 average annual salary of an hourly manager.

The top three skills for a restaurant manager include customer service, guest satisfaction and food handling. The most important skills for an hourly manager are cleanliness, food safety, and management.

Restaurant manager vs hourly manager overview

	Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Yearly salary	$52,202	$36,449
Hourly rate	$25.10	$17.52
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	225,340	257,505
Job satisfaction	1	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	39	39
Years of experience	4	4

What does a restaurant manager do?

A restaurant manager is responsible for handling the overall restaurant operations. These include monitoring revenues and daily restaurant sales, checking inventories and supplies, negotiating with third-party vendors, and managing customers' inquiries and complaints. Other duties include creating promotional offers, developing and improving sales strategies, organizing staff duties, maintaining the highest sanitary standards for everyone's strict compliance, and controlling operational expenses. A restaurant manager must have excellent communication and leadership skills and exceptional knowledge of food industry management.

What does an hourly manager do?

An hourly manager will lead and supervise a team of employees. As an hourly manager, you will maintain the shift operations you are assigned to and keep staff informed of operational issues. You will be responsible for the employees' health and safety and support their professional and personal growth. Other duties include providing employee direction and oversight, coaching and mentoring staff, and maintaining transparent communication. Additionally, you are also responsible for maintaining the work schedules of employees and managing the organization's budgetary and operational activities.

Restaurant manager vs hourly manager salary

Restaurant managers and hourly managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Average salary	$52,202	$36,449
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $69,000	Between $25,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	New Hampshire	-
Best paying company	Hillstone Restaurant Group	-
Best paying industry	Hospitality	-

Differences between restaurant manager and hourly manager education

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

	Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Cornell University	Cornell University

Restaurant manager vs hourly manager demographics

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

	Restaurant Manager	Hourly Manager
Average age	39	39
Gender ratio	Male, 54.5% Female, 45.5%	Male, 41.2% Female, 58.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian, 9.4% White, 55.9% 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 restaurant manager and hourly manager duties and responsibilities

Restaurant manager example responsibilities.

Manage staff by teaching them the correct procedures along with making sure they are working up to Marriott standards.
Manage associates while bartending and serving in a family-own restaurant.
Coordinate, communicate and delegate FOH responsibilities to staff to ensure excellent operations are consistently achieve.
Maintain corporate accounts on QuickBooks.
Master QuickBooks to track company expenses and revenue.
Supervise and train dining and in-room dining staff.

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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.

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Restaurant manager vs hourly manager skills

Common restaurant manager skills

Customer Service, 14%
Guest Satisfaction, 7%
Food Handling, 7%
Cleanliness, 6%
Restaurant Management, 5%
Guest Service, 5%

Common hourly manager skills

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

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Updated January 8, 2025

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