Food Services and Drinking Places: NAICS 722

About the Food Services and Drinking Places subsector

The food services and drinking places subsector is part of the accommodation and food services sector.

The food services and drinking places subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Full-Service Restaurants: NAICS 7221
• Limited-Service Eating Places: NAICS 7222
• Special Food Services: NAICS 7223
• Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages): NAICS 7224

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in food services and drinking places. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, union membership and representation, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment, Unemployment, and Layoffs

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		9,672.6	9,725.5	(P) 9,745.6	(P) 9,778.4
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		8,604.4	8,594.9	(P) 8,544.6
Unemployment
Unemployment rate		11.1%	11.5%	10.9%	12.5%
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		51	58	165
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		4,362	6,694	24,759
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Union Membership and Representation

Data series	Back data	2008	2009	2010	2011
Union membership and representation
Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers)		1.5%	1.3%	1.1%	1.2%
Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers)		1.8%	1.8%	1.3%	1.5%

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Extended Mass Layoffs

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011	3rd quarter 2011
Extended mass layoff events		92	47	(P) 156	(P) 53
Separations		25,318	7,874	(P) 35,505	(P) 8,305
Initial claimants		18,429	7,418	(P) 36,961	(P) 7,186
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	2,230,030
Cooks, fast food	500,950
Cooks, restaurant	795,980
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	587,770
Waiters and waitresses	1,957,090

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for food services and drinking places.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours, as well as weekly earnings by union membership status, are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in food services and drinking places.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$11.71	$11.74	$11.77	(P) $11.90
Average weekly hours		25.1	25.7	25.1	(P) 25.2
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$10.34	$10.41	$10.43	(P) $10.49
Average weekly hours		23.9	24.4	23.9	(P) 23.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Union Membership and Representation

Data series	Back data	Median weekly earnings
		2008	2009	2010	2011
Union membership and representation
Full-time workers		$417	$412	$417	$427
Members of unions		$497	$424	$517	$585
Represented by unions		$491	$423	$509	$592
Nonunion		$416	$412	$416	$424

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	$8.54	$8.69	$17,770	$18,070
Cooks, fast food	$8.69	$8.89	$18,080	$18,480
Cooks, restaurant	$10.48	$10.97	$21,800	$22,830
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	$13.77	$14.87	$28,630	$30,930
Waiters and waitresses	$8.78	$9.86	$18,260	$20,500

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in food services and drinking places. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series	2007	2008	2009	2010
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	131	120	119	(P) 119
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.1	3.7	3.4	3.3
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3
Cases involving days away from work	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in food services and drinking places. Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2010	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011
Number of establishments
Private industry		558,079	561,021	(P) 560,215	(P) 565,233
Local government		595	593	(P) 604	(P) 602
State government		2	1	(P) 1	(P) 1
Federal government		248	256	(P) 251	(P) 249
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2007	2008	2009	2010
Labor productivity index, output per hour		105.932	104.836	105.113	107.078
Percent change from previous year		-0.1	-1.0	0.3	1.9
Labor index, total labor hours		110.450	109.786	105.654	105.052
Percent change from previous year		1.7	-0.6	-3.8	-0.6
Output index		117.002	115.094	111.056	112.488
Percent change from previous year		1.6	-1.6	-3.5	1.3
Unit labor costs index		112.156	117.104	119.043	121.003
Percent change from previous year		4.8	4.4	1.7	1.6

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

See food services and drinking places in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: February 07, 2012