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Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other earn $35,840 a year at the midpoint

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The lowest tenth are paid about $25,470, the highest tenth about $47,550 — figures from the 2025 federal wage survey.

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$35,840median a year · United States
$17.23an hour $36,810average 84,630people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$31,20025th $35,840median $39,88075th
$25,47010th percentile $47,55090th percentile
$31,200a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$46,170best-paying state · Nebraska
$21,640lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+29%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $46,170 in Nebraska and $21,640 in West Virginia — a gap of $24,530 a year.

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Median pay for food preparation and serving related workers, all other in each state

The 40 states where the most people do this work, of 44 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.13 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Nebraska $46,170 $33,170 $33,170 — $61,720 —
Hawaii $43,540 $30,970 $30,970 — $80,380 410
Oregon $39,080 $34,910 $34,910 — $51,290 600
Illinois $38,880 $31,200 $31,200 — $56,000 2,720
District of Columbia $38,580 $36,400 $36,400 — $64,330 40
New Hampshire $38,210 $25,520 $25,520 — $44,150 370
Indiana $38,160 $19,390 $19,390 — $40,040 —
Arizona $37,600 $33,140 $33,140 — $51,360 1,060
Maryland $37,500 $31,720 $31,720 — $48,250 3,540
Utah $37,180 $30,740 $30,740 — $47,910 290
California $36,910 $34,530 $34,530 — $53,130 30,730
Tennessee $36,640 $22,990 $22,990 — $40,370 2,670
Connecticut $36,320 $34,010 $34,010 — $45,160 1,060
New Jersey $36,290 $32,220 $32,220 — $47,730 3,780
New Mexico $36,250 $31,610 $31,610 — $38,090 130
Virginia $35,870 $27,780 $27,780 — $45,760 1,390
Colorado $35,710 $31,380 $31,380 — $47,360 2,970
Massachusetts $35,300 $31,730 $31,730 — $40,050 —
Michigan $35,100 $25,960 $25,960 — $45,080 530
Washington $34,650 $34,650 $34,650 — $45,240 —
New York $34,340 $33,040 $33,040 — $56,950 380
Florida $34,200 $27,040 $27,040 — $45,750 3,900
Delaware $33,840 $31,200 $31,200 — $34,200 —
Iowa $33,480 $24,360 $24,360 — $42,330 310
Pennsylvania $33,040 $23,590 $23,590 — $42,860 730
Vermont $32,420 $31,820 $31,820 — $48,070 120
Wyoming $31,840 $30,990 $30,990 — $41,380 80
Arkansas $31,660 $25,410 $25,410 — $61,520 430
Nevada $31,510 $24,960 $24,960 — $58,020 1,140
Wisconsin $31,240 $25,400 $25,400 — $38,940 490
Oklahoma $31,200 $28,920 $28,920 — $34,640 140
Mississippi $30,600 $22,920 $22,920 — $36,990 810
Texas $30,210 $20,800 $20,800 — $44,730 4,030
North Carolina $30,160 $20,570 $20,570 — $39,330 4,670
Montana $29,720 $24,210 $24,210 — $38,600 470
Ohio $27,540 $22,790 $22,790 — $35,790 3,260
Georgia $25,740 $21,720 $21,720 — $36,610 3,130
South Carolina $22,230 $17,600 $17,600 — $34,110 850
Louisiana $21,820 $17,400 $17,400 — $36,530 3,670
West Virginia $21,640 $20,820 $20,820 — $61,050 70

Resumes for food preparation and serving related workers, all other

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  • Ran cash registers.
  • Washed dishes, glassware, flatware, pots, or pans, using dishwashers or by hand.
  • Provided guests with menus.

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Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$35,840
Dishwashers$34,810−$1,030 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$33,980−$1,860 Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$31,200−$4,640

Place 751 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 5% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 749 Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers $36,220
  2. 750 Cooks, Short Order $35,880
  3. 751 Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other $35,840
  4. 752 Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment $35,830
  5. 753 Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists $35,790

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Questions people ask

How much do food preparation and serving related workers, all other make a year?

The national median is $35,840 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $31,200 and $39,880.

What is the hourly pay for food preparation and serving related workers, all other?

The median is $17.23 an hour; the average is $36,810 a year.

What do food preparation and serving related workers, all other earn when they start?

A beginner is usually paid nearer the 25th percentile, $31,200 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $25,470.

Which state pays food preparation and serving related workers, all other the most?

Nebraska, with a median of $46,170 a year.

How many people work as food preparation and serving related workers, all other?

About 84,630 in the United States — number 751 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $50 of what food preparation and serving related workers, all other earn — $35,840 a year — but not always the same spread.

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