Utah · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Utah
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Utah, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 135,200 people in Utah worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $35,580.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Utah grew 29.4% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 48.6% below the all-occupations average in Utah. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 135,200. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Utah are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 135,200Employment, 2025
- $35,580Mean annual wage
- 7.8%Share of Utah jobs
- 0.89Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 81,500; 2005 82,900; 2006 85,800; 2007 89,300; 2008 91,000; 2009 88,500; 2010 88,300; 2011 90,500; 2012 94,100; 2013 98,300; 2014 101,800; 2015 106,100; 2016 109,500; 2017 110,800; 2018 114,000; 2019 115,900; 2020 104,400; 2021 114,100; 2022 124,400; 2023 132,000; 2024 134,400; 2025 135,200.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135,187 | $35,581 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 134,355 | $34,366 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 131,962 | $33,253 | 6.1% |
| 2022 | 124,398 | $31,975 | 9.0% |
| 2021 | 114,139 | $29,582 | 9.3% |
| 2020 | 104,448 | $26,848 | 9.9% |
| 2019 | 115,926 | $24,839 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 113,956 | $23,693 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 110,762 | $22,977 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 109,509 | $22,210 | 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.
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Food preparation and serving related occupations in Utah, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in Utah. 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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