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.
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