Hawaii · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Hawaii
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Hawaii, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 85,500 people in Hawaii worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $47,160.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Hawaii grew 46.4% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.5× as concentrated in Hawaii as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.51). Employment fell 35.3% from 2019 to 2020 and has since recovered 84.9% of that loss. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Hawaii are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 85,500Employment, 2025
- $47,160Mean annual wage
- 13.3%Share of Hawaii jobs
- 1.51Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 70,200; 2005 72,100; 2006 73,400; 2007 75,000; 2008 73,700; 2009 70,600; 2010 70,600; 2011 72,300; 2012 74,500; 2013 77,100; 2014 78,700; 2015 80,300; 2016 82,900; 2017 86,300; 2018 87,200; 2019 90,300; 2020 58,400; 2021 67,600; 2022 75,700; 2023 83,000; 2024 84,500; 2025 85,500.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85,488 | $47,157 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 84,460 | $45,339 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 83,014 | $41,245 | 9.7% |
| 2022 | 75,671 | $38,632 | 12.0% |
| 2021 | 67,586 | $36,934 | 15.8% |
| 2020 | 58,387 | $35,346 | 35.3% |
| 2019 | 90,298 | $37,109 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 87,234 | $34,812 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 86,273 | $32,081 | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 82,867 | $29,399 | 3.2% |
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 Hawaii, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in Hawaii. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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