Washington · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Washington
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Washington, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 298,900 people in Washington worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $54,940.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Washington grew 20.7% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 44.7% below the all-occupations average in Washington. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Washington are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 298,900Employment, 2025
- $54,940Mean annual wage
- 8.3%Share of Washington jobs
- 0.95Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 227,400; 2005 235,200; 2006 242,000; 2007 248,900; 2008 250,700; 2009 241,700; 2010 239,800; 2011 243,600; 2012 249,700; 2013 259,600; 2014 268,900; 2015 279,600; 2016 289,800; 2017 295,300; 2018 302,700; 2019 309,600; 2020 247,600; 2021 264,000; 2022 288,800; 2023 301,600; 2024 300,000; 2025 298,900.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298,896 | $54,945 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 300,022 | $52,862 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 301,576 | $49,276 | 4.4% |
| 2022 | 288,816 | $46,122 | 9.4% |
| 2021 | 263,982 | $45,008 | 6.6% |
| 2020 | 247,564 | $41,539 | 20.0% |
| 2019 | 309,609 | $37,471 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 302,662 | $34,980 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 295,291 | $32,149 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 289,755 | $29,487 | 3.6% |
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 Washington, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in Washington. 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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