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Lower Salaries Than Other Salesmen. While commission-based food salesmen earned $52,000 in 2013, all wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives earned average annual salaries of $64,300 as of May 2012, according to the BLS. The top 10 percent made more than $112,650 annually.
Location. Of the states, food service managers as a whole earned the highest wages in New York, at an average of $70,910 a year. Those in Delaware were a close second, averaging $68,760, while managers in Rhode Island ranked third, with an average of $67,080 annually.y comparison, food service managers at assisted living facilities often earn more than the national average for the occupation as a whole. As of 2012, food service managers as a whole earned an average of $52,580 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.