Florida · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Florida
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Florida, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 1,003,900 people in Florida worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $41,550.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Florida grew 27.4% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 42.8% below the all-occupations average in Florida. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 1,003,900. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Florida are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 1,003,900Employment, 2025
- $41,550Mean annual wage
- 10.1%Share of Florida jobs
- 1.16Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 670,600; 2005 695,100; 2006 710,400; 2007 724,900; 2008 727,800; 2009 699,800; 2010 707,300; 2011 732,200; 2012 764,700; 2013 796,200; 2014 830,200; 2015 868,500; 2016 901,600; 2017 909,900; 2018 925,700; 2019 946,300; 2020 788,200; 2021 862,700; 2022 927,200; 2023 981,000; 2024 999,200; 2025 1,003,900.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,003,917 | $41,551 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 999,228 | $39,722 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 980,998 | $37,619 | 5.8% |
| 2022 | 927,233 | $35,632 | 7.5% |
| 2021 | 862,743 | $33,011 | 9.4% |
| 2020 | 788,221 | $29,267 | 16.7% |
| 2019 | 946,292 | $28,053 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 925,729 | $27,242 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 909,880 | $26,513 | 0.9% |
| 2016 | 901,591 | $26,209 | 3.8% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Food preparation and serving related occupations in Florida, quarterly, at full depth
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