Food Pantry Coordinator

Also called: Food Pantry Manager

Runs a neighborhood food pantry: ordering food, scheduling volunteers, and serving families.

A day in the life

A pantry coordinator picks up donations from grocery stores, organizes Saturday distribution, and talks with families about other help they might need.

Pay over a career

Starting
$30k
Typical
$40k
High
$52k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; experience matters more than degree.

Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.

Majors to look at: Human Services, Nonprofit Management.

Outlook

Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years). Tracks social and human service assistants.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. AI can help track inventory, but picking up donations and serving families on Saturday stay human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Business, Family and consumer sciences, Spanish.

Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1093.

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