2001 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. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable excel files. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

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 (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
35-0000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	9,917,660	$7.13	$8.04	$16,720	0.3 %
35-1011	Chefs and Head Cooks	114,930	$12.88	$14.58	$30,330	1.4 %
35-1012	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	659,380	$11.35	$12.47	$25,930	0.7 %
35-2011	Cooks, Fast Food	601,570	$6.70	$6.99	$14,530	0.6 %
35-2012	Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	418,180	$8.53	$9.02	$18,760	0.4 %
35-2014	Cooks, Restaurant	674,050	$8.88	$9.24	$19,230	0.5 %
35-2015	Cooks, Short Order	228,710	$7.57	$7.98	$16,590	0.9 %
35-2021	Food Preparation Workers	855,800	$7.65	$8.07	$16,780	0.5 %
35-3011	Bartenders	427,010	$7.03	$7.96	$16,550	0.9 %
35-3021	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	2,054,250	$6.79	$7.13	$14,830	0.4 %
35-3022	Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop	428,780	$7.10	$7.50	$15,610	0.7 %
35-3031	Waiters and Waitresses	1,981,810	$6.60	$7.36	$15,310	0.6 %
35-3041	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	191,030	$7.36	$8.06	$16,760	0.8 %
35-9011	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	389,580	$6.80	$7.21	$15,000	0.5 %
35-9021	Dishwashers	488,180	$6.98	$7.25	$15,080	0.4 %
35-9031	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	286,750	$7.17	$7.57	$15,750	0.5 %

About 2001 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

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

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately.

(2) 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) 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.

National OES estimates by SOC major group