South Carolina · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in South Carolina
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in South Carolina, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 228,800 people in South Carolina worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $32,320.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in South Carolina grew 20.6% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 49.4% below the all-occupations average in South Carolina. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 228,800. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for South Carolina are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 228,800Employment, 2025
- $32,320Mean annual wage
- 9.9%Share of South Carolina jobs
- 1.12Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 158,500; 2005 162,200; 2006 166,300; 2007 171,900; 2008 171,800; 2009 166,200; 2010 165,700; 2011 168,200; 2012 172,900; 2013 178,200; 2014 183,700; 2015 191,300; 2016 197,500; 2017 202,900; 2018 212,700; 2019 218,400; 2020 189,600; 2021 200,700; 2022 212,800; 2023 223,000; 2024 227,700; 2025 228,800.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228,758 | $32,325 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 227,667 | $31,129 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 223,030 | $29,692 | 4.8% |
| 2022 | 212,827 | $28,753 | 6.0% |
| 2021 | 200,708 | $27,350 | 5.8% |
| 2020 | 189,650 | $24,738 | 13.2% |
| 2019 | 218,403 | $23,364 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 212,748 | $22,373 | 4.8% |
| 2017 | 202,934 | $22,234 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 197,519 | $21,706 | 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 South Carolina, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in South Carolina. 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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