Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
United States. Estimated employment 84,630, with pages for 8 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 35-9099
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$35,840 · 50th
$25,47010th
$31,20025th
$35,84050th
$39,88075th
$47,55090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $44,720 | 1,430 |
| San Francisco, CA | $41,970 | 2,740 |
| Napa, CA | $39,080 | 320 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $38,910 | 390 |
| Redding, CA | $38,770 | 100 |
| Fresno, CA | $37,760 | 550 |
| Vallejo, CA | $37,330 | 130 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $36,810 | 14,270 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 84,630 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-9099, Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other. Mapped to our taxonomy as food-preparation-and-serving-related-workers-all-other.
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