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Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations — Annual Mean Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 35-0000 · Food Preparation & Serving Related · BLS OEWS · Annual · Atlanta (Beta)

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Latest reading May 2025

$31,970 −0.03%down YoY
U.S.
$37,150 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
−13.9%

Annual Mean Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · Atlanta (Beta) · May 2021 – May 2025

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations — Annual Mean Wage, Atlanta (Beta). 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

Employment for Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations in Atlanta is 260,100 (May 2025), up 1.02% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $29,720.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$31,970 per yearMay 2025
Prior Year$31,9802024
Year Change−0.03%downYoY
3-Yr Change+9.64%upsince 2022
Food Preparation & Serving Related$31,970May 2025
All Occupations$71,900May 2025
U.S. Reading$37,150May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.−13.9%May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code35-0000
Occupation FamilyFood Preparation & Serving Related35-0000

Other Measures for Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Atlanta (Beta)

Employment 260,100 +1.02%up YoYMay 2025
Median Annual Pay $29,720 −0.70%down YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $17,960 −3.18%down YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $23,020 −0.39%down YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $37,440 +1.22%up YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $45,520 +1.29%up YoYMay 2025
Jobs per 1,000 90.01 +0.40%up YoYMay 2025
Location Quotient 1.02 0% YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — Mean Annual Pay

$71,900
+2.49%up YoY

benchmark · Atlanta (Beta)

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  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
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  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Mean Annual Pay · 1 Year

−0.03%down

May 2025

  • Food Preparation & Serving Related −0.03%down
  • All occupations +2.49%up

Mean Annual Pay · 3 Year

+9.64%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography Atlanta (Beta) (msa:12060)
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_mean_wage.soc_35_0000
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 35-0000
Role Page Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only; national, state, or other-metro figures are never shown in its place.

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