West Virginia · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in West Virginia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in West Virginia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 60,600 people in West Virginia worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $31,560.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in West Virginia grew 12.6% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 47.9% below the all-occupations average in West Virginia. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for West Virginia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 60,600Employment, 2025
- $31,560Mean annual wage
- 8.7%Share of West Virginia jobs
- 0.99Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 56,800; 2005 57,300; 2006 58,700; 2007 59,300; 2008 60,200; 2009 59,900; 2010 59,800; 2011 60,400; 2012 61,500; 2013 61,800; 2014 61,600; 2015 62,000; 2016 61,900; 2017 62,100; 2018 62,500; 2019 63,600; 2020 53,800; 2021 57,200; 2022 58,500; 2023 60,200; 2024 60,200; 2025 60,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60,593 | $31,563 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 60,227 | $30,817 | 0.1% |
| 2023 | 60,161 | $29,577 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 58,467 | $28,014 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 57,186 | $26,360 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 53,824 | $25,422 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 63,646 | $24,276 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 62,505 | $23,865 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 62,056 | $22,838 | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 61,933 | $21,939 | 0.1% |
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 West Virginia, quarterly, at full depth
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