Occupational Employment Statistics

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OES

2002 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

SOC major groups

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Click on the SOC Code Number to view an occupational profile.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
35-0000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	10,067,080	$7.33	$8.26	$17,180	0.3 %
35-1011	Chefs and Head Cooks	120,430	$13.43	$15.38	$32,000	1.5 %
35-1012	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	661,050	$11.73	$12.78	$26,590	0.9 %
35-2011	Cooks, Fast Food	582,630	$6.90	$7.18	$14,930	0.5 %
35-2012	Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	416,710	$8.72	$9.23	$19,190	0.3 %
35-2014	Cooks, Restaurant	715,520	$9.16	$9.54	$19,850	0.5 %
35-2015	Cooks, Short Order	223,030	$7.82	$8.24	$17,130	0.9 %
35-2021	Food Preparation Workers	836,540	$7.85	$8.27	$17,200	0.4 %
35-3011	Bartenders	453,390	$7.21	$8.12	$16,900	0.6 %
35-3021	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	2,000,070	$6.97	$7.28	$15,150	0.3 %
35-3022	Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop	466,270	$7.32	$7.74	$16,090	0.9 %
35-3031	Waiters and Waitresses	2,086,120	$6.80	$7.58	$15,770	0.5 %
35-3041	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	193,980	$7.52	$8.21	$17,070	0.6 %
35-9011	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	404,210	$6.99	$7.37	$15,330	0.4 %
35-9021	Dishwashers	499,070	$7.15	$7.41	$15,410	0.4 %
35-9031	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	295,170	$7.36	$7.76	$16,130	0.4 %

About 2002 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

National OES estimates by SOC major group