1999 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia.

Click on the SOC Code Number to view that occupation's definition, additional wage estimates, and relative standard error (RSE) estimates.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (1)	Mean RSE
35-0000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	9,687,970	$6.64	$7.50	$15,600	0.5 %
35-1011	Chefs and Head Cooks	118,070	$11.88	$13.48	$28,040	1.6 %
35-1012	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	545,700	$10.59	$11.47	$23,860	0.8 %
35-2011	Cooks, Fast Food (3)	418,400	$6.24	$6.54	$13,610	0.5 %
35-2012	Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (3)	438,660	$7.89	$8.38	$17,420	0.4 %
35-2014	Cooks, Restaurant (3)	656,540	$8.05	$8.52	$17,730	0.3 %
35-2015	Cooks, Short Order (3)	163,160	$7.14	$7.48	$15,560	0.5 %
35-2021	Food Preparation Workers	878,650	$7.23	$7.57	$15,740	0.6 %
35-3011	Bartenders (3)	358,450	$6.52	$7.07	$14,700	0.5 %
35-3021	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food (3)	1,950,970	$6.30	$6.64	$13,810	0.4 %
35-3022	Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop (3)	407,960	$6.46	$6.83	$14,210	0.5 %
35-3031	Waiters and Waitresses (3)	2,039,950	$6.07	$6.46	$13,430	0.4 %
35-3041	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant (3)	192,850	$7.09	$7.77	$16,170	0.7 %
35-9011	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers (3)	425,600	$6.33	$6.70	$13,940	0.4 %
35-9021	Dishwashers	538,360	$6.57	$6.78	$14,090	0.6 %
35-9031	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop (3)	380,850	$6.73	$7.13	$14,840	0.4 %

About 1999 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) = Wage rates are calculated using three years of data: 1997, 1998, and 1999.

The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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