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8.7 percent of jobs were in food preparation and serving related occupations in May 2023

June 12, 2024

Food preparation and serving related occupations had employment of 13.2 million in May 2023, representing 8.7 percent of total U.S. employment. Fast food and counter workers (3.7 million) and waiters and waitresses (2.2 million) made up 44.6 percent of food preparation and serving related jobs. After fast food and counter workers and waiters and waitresses, the largest food preparation and serving related occupations were restaurant cooks (1.4 million), first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers (1.2 million), and food preparation workers (879,610).
Employment and annual mean wages for food preparation and serving related occupations, May 2023
Occupation Employment Annual mean wage (dollars)

Fast food and counter workers

 3,676,580 30,110

Waiters and waitresses

 2,237,850 36,530

Cooks, restaurant

 1,412,350 36,060

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 1,176,540 43,310

Food preparation workers

 879,610 32,960

Bartenders

 711,140 37,090

Cooks, fast food

 673,490 29,760

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

 483,390 32,730

Dishwashers

 463,940 31,650

Cooks, institution and cafeteria

 435,640 35,920

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

 425,020 30,750

Food servers, nonrestaurant

 267,840 33,840

Chefs and head cooks

 172,370 62,640

Cooks, short order

 126,370 33,920

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other

 86,350 35,430

Cooks, all other

 18,650 37,610

Cooks, private household

 740 49,790

Food preparation and serving related workers had an annual mean wage of $34,490, below the U.S. average of $65,470 for all occupations combined. The highest paying food preparation and serving related occupations were chefs and head cooks ($62,640), private household cooks ($49,790), and first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers ($43,310). The lowest paying food preparation and serving related occupations were fast food cooks ($29,760); fast food and counter workers ($30,110); and restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop hosts and hostesses ($30,750).

The highest paying metropolitan areas for food preparation and serving related occupations were Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington ($47,490), and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii ($47,200). One of the highest paying metropolitan area for food preparation and serving related occupations, Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii, was also among the metropolitan areas with the highest shares of food preparation and serving related occupations, which made up 18.1 percent of total area employment.
Food preparation and serving related occupations as a percentage of total employment, by metropolitan area, May 2023
Metropolitan Area Percent Employment Annual mean wage (dollars)

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI

 18.1 13,750 47,200

Ocean City, NJ

 17.9 7,190 39,180

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC

 17.7 31,680 27,160

Flagstaff, AZ

 16.3 10,390 38,180

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC

 15.9 12,790 29,190

Jacksonville, NC

 15.3 7,880 26,950

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV

 14.8 160,280 34,330

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

 14.6 17,850 33,930

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

 14.5 11,830 26,850

Brunswick, GA

 14.4 6,390 29,290

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

 14.4 18,070 39,010

Lawrence, KS

 14.2 7,060 30,920

Salisbury, MD-DE

 13.9 23,310 33,740

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL

 13.7 22,370 37,340

The Villages, FL

 13.5 5,140 33,170

Napa, CA

 13.5 10,470 43,860

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

 13.4 28,350 31,990

Hot Springs, AR

 13.4 5,120 28,220

Santa Fe, NM

 13.4 8,190 35,400

Homosassa Springs, FL

 13.4 4,620 30,990

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS

 13.3 20,080 26,860

Barnstable Town, MA

 13.2 13,360 40,910

Panama City, FL

 13.1 11,000 32,040

Punta Gorda, FL

 12.9 6,870 33,080

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA

 12.8 15,380 39,680

Wilmington, NC

 12.5 17,880 30,070

Prescott, AZ

 12.5 8,610 39,530

East Stroudsburg, PA

 12.4 6,840 30,870

Lubbock, TX

 12.2 18,440 27,490

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL

 12.2 39,410 34,670

Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL

 12.2 6,730 34,000

Asheville, NC

 12.2 24,480 31,400

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

 12.1 22,400 31,330

Kokomo, IN

 12.1 4,190 29,370

Urban Honolulu, HI

 12.0 52,840 39,110

Hammond, LA

 12.0 5,610 26,370

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

 12.0 6,520 36,410

Auburn-Opelika, AL

 11.8 7,540 26,930

Muncie, IN

 11.8 5,240 28,120

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

 11.7 11,460 40,240

Bay City, MI

 11.7 3,920 30,560

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

 11.7 159,660 34,590

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

 11.7 59,980 29,080

Valdosta, GA

 11.6 6,200 26,250

College Station-Bryan, TX

 11.6 14,880 28,740

Clarksville, TN-KY

 11.5 11,100 28,450

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

 11.5 23,340 40,210

Lawton, OK

 11.4 4,850 25,580

Corpus Christi, TX

 11.4 21,400 28,460

Sebring, FL

 11.4 3,140 30,140

Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

 11.4 6,690 33,290

Savannah, GA

 11.3 21,400 30,570

Muskegon, MI

 11.3 6,950 30,970

Kingston, NY

 11.3 6,450 40,540

Johnson City, TN

 11.3 9,200 28,320

Port St. Lucie, FL

 11.3 18,390 32,800

Athens-Clarke County, GA

 11.3 10,210 27,780

Bloomington, IN

 11.1 8,140 29,900

Bend-Redmond, OR

 11.1 10,070 35,750

Charleston-North Charleston, SC

 11.1 41,780 29,650

Terre Haute, IN

 11.1 7,150 28,030

Fayetteville, NC

 11.1 14,440 27,600

Great Falls, MT

 11.0 3,980 28,470

San Angelo, TX

 11.0 5,460 27,470

Burlington, NC

 11.0 7,290 28,660

Goldsboro, NC

 11.0 4,420 26,850

Gettysburg, PA

 11.0 3,590 30,380

Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI

 10.9 13,420 38,760

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA

 10.9 22,000 29,030

Coeur d'Alene, ID

 10.9 7,670 31,130

Rome, GA

 10.9 4,480 27,880

Manhattan, KS

 10.9 4,380 29,160

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

 10.8 31,420 33,910

Warner Robins, GA

 10.8 8,290 26,660

Columbia, MO

 10.8 10,570 32,090

Grand Junction, CO

 10.8 7,090 36,390

Columbus, GA-AL

 10.8 12,270 26,530

El Paso, TX

 10.8 34,790 25,530

Santa Rosa, CA

 10.8 22,200 42,330

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

 10.7 33,940 39,000

Gadsden, AL

 10.7 3,500 24,770

Billings, MT

 10.7 9,620 30,220

Monroe, MI

 10.7 4,120 32,310

Hattiesburg, MS

 10.7 6,690 24,480

Parkersburg-Vienna, WV

 10.7 3,860 28,160

Rapid City, SD

 10.7 7,610 30,120

Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

 10.6 4,140 36,320

Killeen-Temple, TX

 10.6 15,620 27,740

Wheeling, WV-OH

 10.6 6,210 28,420

Greenville, NC

 10.6 8,450 28,060

Hinesville, GA

 10.6 2,140 27,250

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

 10.5 24,880 32,540

St. George, UT

 10.5 8,770 32,000

Missoula, MT

 10.5 6,720 30,200

Amarillo, TX

 10.5 12,610 28,060

Wichita Falls, TX

 10.4 5,930 26,360

Canton-Massillon, OH

 10.4 16,830 30,300

Bellingham, WA

 10.4 9,440 43,170

Oklahoma City, OK

 10.4 68,430 27,720

Wenatchee, WA

 10.4 5,290 42,140

Texarkana, TX-AR

 10.4 5,880 27,050

Salinas, CA

 10.4 18,820 42,100

Las Cruces, NM

 10.3 7,790 30,520

Farmington, NM

 10.3 4,680 30,690

Harrisonburg, VA

 10.3 6,690 33,110

San German, PR

 10.3 2,070 21,810

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

 10.3 58,660 37,840

Fort Collins, CO

 10.3 17,830 38,930

Modesto, CA

 10.3 19,760 38,180

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

 10.3 4,550 31,440

Laredo, TX

 10.3 10,740 25,740

Chico, CA

 10.2 7,980 37,430

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 10.2 155,650 39,790

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

 10.2 15,770 25,060

Flint, MI

 10.2 13,510 31,720

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

 10.2 5,610 25,360

New Bern, NC

 10.2 4,590 27,370

Odessa, TX

 10.2 7,770 29,350

Mansfield, OH

 10.2 4,850 29,400

Colorado Springs, CO

 10.2 31,520 38,150

Vallejo-Fairfield, CA

 10.1 13,960 40,180

Carbondale-Marion, IL

 10.1 5,380 31,480

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

 10.1 167,590 38,620

Bremerton-Silverdale, WA

 10.1 9,340 43,210

Cumberland, MD-WV

 10.1 3,670 32,400

Duluth, MN-WI

 10.0 12,410 30,820

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL

 10.0 4,410 25,600

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

 10.0 109,390 29,970

Pocatello, ID

 10.0 3,690 28,360

Ames, IA

 10.0 4,730 31,200

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

 10.0 11,600 29,220

Michigan City-La Porte, IN

 10.0 4,040 28,940

Sherman-Denison, TX

 10.0 5,040 28,140

New Bedford, MA

 10.0 6,500 37,270

Portsmouth, NH-ME

 10.0 9,240 37,080

Grand Forks, ND-MN

 10.0 5,030 32,650

Leominster-Gardner, MA

 10.0 5,130 37,800

Medford, OR

 9.9 8,720 34,600

Abilene, TX

 9.9 7,210 27,380

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

 9.9 12,860 30,670

Guayama, PR

 9.9 1,200 21,940

Bowling Green, KY

 9.9 7,760 28,270

Iowa City, IA

 9.9 8,950 30,630

Grants Pass, OR

 9.9 2,990 34,150

Lake Charles, LA

 9.9 9,000 27,120

Eugene, OR

 9.9 15,420 33,950

Victoria, TX

 9.9 3,830 27,020

Knoxville, TN

 9.9 40,780 29,840

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY

 9.8 5,310 27,410

Tucson, AZ

 9.8 37,730 37,280

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR

 9.8 5,170 21,830

Erie, PA

 9.8 11,630 28,750

Yuba City, CA

 9.8 4,890 36,960

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

 9.8 26,070 30,790

Beckley, WV

 9.8 4,030 27,500

Corvallis, OR

 9.8 3,690 33,660

Lafayette, LA

 9.7 18,680 26,500

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 9.7 22,260 27,860

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

 9.7 12,510 27,910

Ocala, FL

 9.7 11,200 31,000

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

 9.7 71,490 32,710

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

 9.7 7,240 30,610

Lynchburg, VA

 9.7 9,400 30,840

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ

 9.7 3,270 35,620

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC

 9.6 40,710 28,220

Gainesville, FL

 9.6 13,600 32,640

Tallahassee, FL

 9.6 17,450 29,880

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 9.6 261,940 35,280

Dover-Durham, NH-ME

 9.6 4,860 34,760

Toledo, OH

 9.6 27,870 30,900

Jacksonville, FL

 9.6 71,150 33,120

Glens Falls, NY

 9.6 4,790 39,470

Monroe, LA

 9.6 7,180 25,100

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

 9.6 103,690 31,930

Dothan, AL

 9.6 5,700 25,080

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

 9.6 9,540 29,170

Macon, GA

 9.6 9,140 27,570

Cleveland, TN

 9.6 4,290 28,030

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

 9.6 135,010 34,680

Sumter, SC

 9.6 3,370 25,760

Jonesboro, AR

 9.5 5,620 28,900

Altoona, PA

 9.5 5,490 27,960

Janesville-Beloit, WI

 9.5 6,480 29,810

Tuscaloosa, AL

 9.5 9,860 27,380

Pueblo, CO

 9.5 6,010 35,670

State College, PA

 9.5 6,440 30,670

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

 9.5 16,190 26,330

Tulsa, OK

 9.5 42,030 28,100

Lima, OH

 9.5 4,720 29,760

Champaign-Urbana, IL

 9.5 9,970 33,680

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 9.5 24,780 29,150

Casper, WY

 9.5 3,680 30,390

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

 9.5 4,730 43,730

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

 9.4 6,800 32,040

Bloomington, IL

 9.4 8,610 32,630

Lexington-Fayette, KY

 9.4 26,220 30,400

Johnstown, PA

 9.4 4,520 26,500

Yuma, AZ

 9.4 6,220 34,960

Tyler, TX

 9.3 10,430 27,460

Walla Walla, WA

 9.3 2,530 40,290

Albuquerque, NM

 9.3 36,930 32,330

Enid, OK

 9.3 2,170 25,240

Florence, SC

 9.3 8,220 26,600

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

 9.3 13,020 32,860

Austin-Round Rock, TX

 9.3 115,080 32,410

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

 9.3 45,020 33,340

Arecibo, PR

 9.3 3,110 21,870

Mankato-North Mankato, MN

 9.3 5,110 31,370

Charlottesville, VA

 9.3 10,440 35,290

Elmira, NY

 9.3 3,090 37,300

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

 9.3 3,440 28,770

Fairbanks, AK

 9.2 3,250 36,260

Waco, TX

 9.2 11,590 28,300

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 9.2 570,740 39,730

Twin Falls, ID

 9.2 4,470 28,960

Springfield, MO

 9.2 20,070 31,480

Redding, CA

 9.2 6,270 36,880

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

 9.2 16,450 31,050

Ponce, PR

 9.2 6,020 22,160

Mayaguez, PR

 9.2 2,830 21,660

Kankakee, IL

 9.2 3,820 32,230

Morgantown, WV

 9.2 5,990 30,050

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

 9.2 26,190 25,620

Dayton, OH

 9.1 33,630 31,370

Winston-Salem, NC

 9.1 24,820 29,080

Evansville, IN-KY

 9.1 13,900 28,320

Reno, NV

 9.1 23,210 32,640

Boulder, CO

 9.1 17,660 42,940

Binghamton, NY

 9.1 8,630 37,850

Dover, DE

 9.1 6,050 32,690

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 9.1 288,170 29,400

Springfield, OH

 9.1 4,260 30,000

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

 9.1 97,370 32,480

Bismarck, ND

 9.1 6,450 33,100

Joplin, MO

 9.0 7,250 31,250

Pittsburgh, PA

 9.0 96,800 31,130

St. Louis, MO-IL

 9.0 119,600 34,100

Owensboro, KY

 9.0 4,630 28,740

Lewiston, ID-WA

 9.0 2,540 33,170

Eau Claire, WI

 9.0 7,630 30,200

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

 9.0 13,980 28,150

Fort Smith, AR-OK

 9.0 9,560 27,530

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

 9.0 205,010 39,610

Rocky Mount, NC

 8.9 4,820 27,100

Longview, TX

 8.9 8,680 27,000

Columbia, SC

 8.9 34,100 27,200

Williamsport, PA

 8.9 4,410 30,340

Springfield, IL

 8.9 9,240 33,190

Hanford-Corcoran, CA

 8.9 4,080 38,190

Anchorage, AK

 8.9 15,130 36,690

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY

 8.9 46,930 38,940

Greensboro-High Point, NC

 8.9 31,710 29,120

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

 8.9 22,800 31,860

Utica-Rome, NY

 8.9 10,370 38,050

Kennewick-Richland, WA

 8.9 11,080 42,380

Jackson, MS

 8.8 22,370 26,160

Morristown, TN

 8.8 4,170 27,710

Wichita, KS

 8.8 26,850 29,610

Lincoln, NE

 8.8 15,810 31,940

Kansas City, MO-KS

 8.8 95,130 33,860

Portland-South Portland, ME

 8.8 18,260 41,740

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 8.8 140,150 39,780

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

 8.8 22,480 40,670

Montgomery, AL

 8.8 14,170 26,960

Grand Island, NE

 8.8 3,730 30,980

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA

 8.8 92,040 39,970

Saginaw, MI

 8.8 6,950 32,880

Houma-Thibodaux, LA

 8.7 7,050 26,360

Alexandria, LA

 8.7 5,170 25,930

Rockford, IL

 8.7 12,130 32,820

Akron, OH

 8.7 27,940 30,980

Sioux Falls, SD

 8.7 14,420 31,020

Greeley, CO

 8.7 9,660 37,040

Lancaster, PA

 8.7 21,470 30,950

Fort Wayne, IN

 8.7 19,190 29,540

Bangor, ME

 8.7 5,600 38,510

Racine, WI

 8.7 6,540 29,970

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

 8.7 29,950 29,490

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

 8.7 8,830 32,660

Danbury, CT

 8.7 6,640 37,940

Lebanon, PA

 8.7 4,530 29,970

Mobile, AL

 8.6 14,680 26,430

Columbus, OH

 8.6 92,300 32,380

Fond du Lac, WI

 8.6 3,900 29,950

Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA

 8.6 4,980 29,800

Jackson, TN

 8.6 5,890 29,030

Carson City, NV

 8.6 2,670 32,030

Merced, CA

 8.6 6,720 37,160

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 8.6 341,240 31,590

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 8.6 242,360 30,830

Raleigh, NC

 8.6 60,210 31,880

Cheyenne, WY

 8.5 3,970 31,300

Baton Rouge, LA

 8.5 33,030 28,100

Bakersfield, CA

 8.5 28,110 37,030

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN

 8.5 92,210 30,890

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

 8.5 7,310 30,210

Battle Creek, MI

 8.5 4,510 33,040

Cleveland-Elyria, OH

 8.5 84,730 32,630

Boise City, ID

 8.5 31,530 30,650

Fargo, ND-MN

 8.5 12,330 33,550

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 8.5 56,280 30,530

Green Bay, WI

 8.5 14,500 30,430

Appleton, WI

 8.4 10,440 30,610

Pittsfield, MA

 8.4 3,240 37,890

Longview, WA

 8.4 3,460 40,770

Staunton-Waynesboro, VA

 8.4 4,220 32,140

Springfield, MA-CT

 8.4 26,990 38,130

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 8.4 109,770 32,240

Peoria, IL

 8.3 13,790 32,710

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

 8.3 33,420 40,460

Burlington-South Burlington, VT

 8.3 10,010 44,410

Dubuque, IA

 8.3 4,870 30,900

Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

 8.3 3,400 29,640

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 8.3 99,580 38,160

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

 8.2 41,990 28,100

St. Joseph, MO-KS

 8.2 4,360 31,760

Waterbury, CT

 8.2 5,460 37,920

Yakima, WA

 8.2 7,940 40,310

Fresno, CA

 8.2 33,440 37,350

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 8.2 51,140 29,710

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 8.2 7,200 30,530

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

 8.2 30,110 32,240

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 8.2 368,000 35,910

Spartanburg, SC

 8.2 13,030 28,070

York-Hanover, PA

 8.2 14,790 30,310

Winchester, VA-WV

 8.2 5,320 32,480

Provo-Orem, UT

 8.1 23,860 31,700

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI

 8.1 66,240 32,280

Idaho Falls, ID

 8.1 6,350 28,420

Albany, GA

 8.1 4,850 26,730

Madison, WI

 8.1 32,230 32,310

Ogden-Clearfield, UT

 8.1 23,290 31,710

Rochester, NY

 8.1 39,820 38,100

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 8.1 167,750 47,490

Syracuse, NY

 8.1 23,760 38,360

Reading, PA

 8.1 13,720 30,780

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 8.1 153,090 34,730

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 8.1 153,950 33,690

Cedar Rapids, IA

 8.1 11,280 31,150

Visalia-Porterville, CA

 8.0 13,580 36,890

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA

 8.0 20,170 30,070

Salem, OR

 8.0 14,580 35,610

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 8.0 194,040 44,070

Danville, IL

 8.0 2,070 32,300

Rochester, MN

 7.9 9,470 32,540

Jackson, MI

 7.9 4,500 32,310

Stockton-Lodi, CA

 7.9 22,030 37,880

Midland, TX

 7.9 9,090 31,300

Roanoke, VA

 7.9 11,860 31,670

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 7.9 223,850 34,580

Manchester, NH

 7.9 8,640 34,730

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

 7.9 244,010 40,060

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

 7.9 30,210 31,880

Olympia-Tumwater, WA

 7.9 9,670 42,520

Decatur, AL

 7.9 4,550 27,290

Richmond, VA

 7.9 50,860 34,110

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR

 7.8 53,500 23,420

Ithaca, NY

 7.8 3,730 39,770

Worcester, MA-CT

 7.8 21,950 38,030

Decatur, IL

 7.8 3,580 32,440

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

 7.8 12,000 28,220

Logan, UT-ID

 7.8 5,190 30,330

St. Cloud, MN

 7.7 7,850 31,470

Lewiston-Auburn, ME

 7.7 3,650 37,390

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

 7.7 41,330 34,310

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH

 7.7 212,080 40,820

Charleston, WV

 7.7 7,890 27,930

Sheboygan, WI

 7.6 4,530 30,470

Albany, OR

 7.5 3,570 34,450

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

 7.5 98,220 35,860

New Haven, CT

 7.5 21,790 38,940

Lansing-East Lansing, MI

 7.5 15,840 33,130

Pine Bluff, AR

 7.5 2,170 28,410

Topeka, KS

 7.4 8,420 30,380

Midland, MI

 7.4 2,680 33,560

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

 7.4 24,330 31,470

Columbus, IN

 7.4 3,740 28,150

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI

 7.4 6,860 30,200

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 7.4 700,430 43,690

Gainesville, GA

 7.4 7,290 29,850

Huntsville, AL

 7.3 18,350 28,210

Madera, CA

 7.3 3,740 38,200

El Centro, CA

 7.2 4,550 38,530

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

 7.2 31,560 40,060

Ann Arbor, MI

 7.1 15,280 35,050

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

 7.0 39,520 38,280

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

 7.0 23,530 32,200

Jefferson City, MO

 7.0 5,220 30,960

California-Lexington Park, MD

 6.9 3,270 34,720

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

 6.9 79,060 45,390

Wausau, WI

 6.8 4,770 29,790

Salt Lake City, UT

 6.7 54,030 33,360

Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ

 6.2 3,830 36,910

Dalton, GA

 5.9 3,840 27,200

Trenton, NJ

 5.6 13,270 38,990

Elkhart-Goshen, IN

 5.5 7,540 30,230

These data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. To learn more, see the occupational profiles for food preparation and serving related occupations. Coverage of private household cooks is limited because the OEWS survey excludes private household employers.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 8.7 percent of jobs were in food preparation and serving related occupations in May 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/8-7-percent-of-jobs-were-in-food-preparation-and-serving-related-occupations-in-may-2023.htm (visited December 04, 2024).

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