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Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 35-0000 · Food Preparation & Serving Related · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

$51,340 +4.29%up YoY
Atlanta
$45,520 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
−11.3%

Annual 90Th-percentile Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage, National. 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 the U.S. is 13,680,750 (May 2025), up 0.49% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $35,050.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$51,340 per yearMay 2025
Prior Year$49,2302024
Year Change+4.29%upYoY
3-Yr Change+13.7%upsince 2022
Food Preparation & Serving Related$51,340May 2025
All Occupations$128,560May 2025
Atlanta Reading$45,520May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.−11.3%May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code35-0000
Occupation FamilyFood Preparation & Serving Related35-0000

Other Measures for Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations National

Employment 13,680,750 +0.49%up YoYMay 2025
Median Annual Pay $35,050 +2.70%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $37,150 +3.14%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $23,120 +1.76%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $28,760 +2.13%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $41,860 +7.97%up YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — P90 Pay

$128,560
+2.26%up YoY

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  • Compensation the published pay distribution, 10th to 90th percentile
  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
  • Employment concentration jobs per 1,000 and the location quotient
  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

P90 Pay · 1 Year

+4.29%up

May 2025

  • Food Preparation & Serving Related +4.29%up
  • All occupations +2.26%up

P90 Pay · 3 Year

+13.7%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 National
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_pct90_wage.soc_35_0000
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 35-0000
Role Page Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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