Maine · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Maine
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Maine, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 55,200 people in Maine worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $42,480.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Maine grew 26.6% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 35.2% below the all-occupations average in Maine. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Maine are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 55,200Employment, 2025
- $42,480Mean annual wage
- 8.5%Share of Maine jobs
- 0.97Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 47,800; 2005 47,900; 2006 48,400; 2007 48,800; 2008 48,600; 2009 48,300; 2010 48,400; 2011 48,600; 2012 49,200; 2013 50,200; 2014 50,400; 2015 51,100; 2016 52,200; 2017 53,300; 2018 54,800; 2019 55,400; 2020 43,600; 2021 47,300; 2022 49,500; 2023 52,900; 2024 55,000; 2025 55,200.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55,193 | $42,477 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 55,050 | $40,912 | 4.0% |
| 2023 | 52,945 | $39,437 | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 49,527 | $37,489 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 47,260 | $34,555 | 8.4% |
| 2020 | 43,587 | $31,193 | 21.3% |
| 2019 | 55,377 | $27,536 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 54,781 | $25,960 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 53,348 | $24,241 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 52,223 | $22,907 | 2.3% |
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.
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Food preparation and serving related occupations in Maine, quarterly, at full depth
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