Indiana · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Indiana
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Indiana, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 275,100 people in Indiana worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $33,390.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Indiana grew 13.6% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 48.9% below the all-occupations average in Indiana. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Indiana are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 275,100Employment, 2025
- $33,390Mean annual wage
- 8.6%Share of Indiana jobs
- 0.98Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 243,700; 2005 247,400; 2006 250,800; 2007 253,600; 2008 253,600; 2009 247,500; 2010 245,600; 2011 249,900; 2012 256,600; 2013 261,700; 2014 265,500; 2015 272,400; 2016 277,500; 2017 277,400; 2018 277,700; 2019 279,500; 2020 242,200; 2021 254,000; 2022 267,600; 2023 276,600; 2024 274,800; 2025 275,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 275,107 | $33,387 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 274,793 | $32,554 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 276,605 | $31,079 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 267,648 | $29,690 | 5.4% |
| 2021 | 253,953 | $27,699 | 4.8% |
| 2020 | 242,222 | $25,364 | 13.4% |
| 2019 | 279,527 | $23,662 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 277,679 | $23,026 | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 277,381 | $22,243 | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 277,510 | $21,617 | 1.9% |
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 Indiana, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in Indiana. 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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