Pennsylvania · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Pennsylvania
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Pennsylvania, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 489,700 people in Pennsylvania worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $37,690.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Pennsylvania grew 26.3% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 49.1% below the all-occupations average in Pennsylvania. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Pennsylvania are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 489,700Employment, 2025
- $37,690Mean annual wage
- 8.1%Share of Pennsylvania jobs
- 0.92Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 429,600; 2005 437,000; 2006 440,900; 2007 446,800; 2008 449,000; 2009 441,600; 2010 445,200; 2011 450,600; 2012 460,300; 2013 467,500; 2014 472,900; 2015 478,900; 2016 487,000; 2017 491,600; 2018 498,200; 2019 502,300; 2020 387,700; 2021 416,200; 2022 452,800; 2023 477,700; 2024 485,900; 2025 489,700.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 489,674 | $37,688 | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 485,877 | $36,659 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 477,744 | $34,891 | 5.5% |
| 2022 | 452,850 | $33,124 | 8.8% |
| 2021 | 416,181 | $31,153 | 7.3% |
| 2020 | 387,740 | $29,515 | 22.8% |
| 2019 | 502,254 | $27,237 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 498,176 | $26,512 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 491,613 | $25,626 | 0.9% |
| 2016 | 487,017 | $24,992 | 1.7% |
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 Pennsylvania, quarterly, at full depth
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