Oklahoma · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Oklahoma
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Oklahoma, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 167,000 people in Oklahoma worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $30,850.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Oklahoma grew 12.5% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 49.5% below the all-occupations average in Oklahoma. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 167,000. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Oklahoma are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 167,000Employment, 2025
- $30,850Mean annual wage
- 9.8%Share of Oklahoma jobs
- 1.12Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 124,900; 2005 127,800; 2006 130,400; 2007 131,800; 2008 133,600; 2009 133,700; 2010 132,200; 2011 135,200; 2012 138,900; 2013 142,800; 2014 146,500; 2015 150,900; 2016 153,000; 2017 155,600; 2018 158,800; 2019 161,700; 2020 148,500; 2021 155,200; 2022 159,200; 2023 164,900; 2024 166,200; 2025 167,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167,030 | $30,853 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 166,191 | $29,881 | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 164,870 | $28,911 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 159,216 | $27,510 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 155,198 | $25,873 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 148,503 | $24,341 | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 161,684 | $23,078 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 158,840 | $22,710 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 155,589 | $22,108 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 153,046 | $21,644 | 1.4% |
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 Oklahoma, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in Oklahoma. 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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