Restaurant Enterprise Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Maryland

Food service managers can find success in Maryland as the state has plenty of educational and employment prospects. For food service managers, there are 3,130 jobs in Maryland and this is projected to grow by 12 percent to 6,370 jobs by 2016. With the national projections showing a rise of just five percent over the next 10 years, the prospects in Maryland are better relative to the nation as a whole. In general, food service managers plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

Maryland photo by Abhijit Tembhekar

State figures show that food service managers in Maryland earn $27 per hour or $55,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $24 hourly or $50,000 per year on average.

Maryland, also known as the Old Line State, is home to 5,699,478 people. It has seen its population grow by 7.6 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Annapolis. There were 3,471,985 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Maryland earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $48,164, up from $46,922. The unemployment rate in Maryland was 7.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 31.4 percent. This surpasses the national average.

In Maryland, the top employers are in engineering services, radio broadcasting communications equipment manufacturing, photofinishing and photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour).

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland showcases Muddy Creek Falls. At 63 feet it is the largest waterfall in Maryland. One of the unique tidbits about Maryland is Fort Meade near Laurel became a base because a train engineer delivering soldiers to Meade knew only one Meade, the one in Maryland. He was not aware of Fort Meade, Florida. The confusion happened so often a second base was built in Maryland in an attempt to avoid the confusion.

Restaurant Enterprise Management

Food service managers plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

They regularly inspect work procedures and operational problems to establish ways to further optimize service or safety and monitor food preparation methods to insure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.

They are required to look for ways to help others. Also, they must respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them.

Food service managers must be able to articulate ideas and problems. They should also have the ability to listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, food service managers must have exceptional integrity and be able to take change and lead.