Colorado · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Colorado
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Colorado, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 269,900 people in Colorado worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $46,190.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Colorado grew 25.5% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 45.0% below the all-occupations average in Colorado. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Colorado are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 269,900Employment, 2025
- $46,190Mean annual wage
- 9.3%Share of Colorado jobs
- 1.06Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 189,700; 2005 194,400; 2006 199,900; 2007 204,600; 2008 206,000; 2009 198,800; 2010 199,400; 2011 205,900; 2012 212,400; 2013 220,600; 2014 229,300; 2015 239,100; 2016 247,500; 2017 253,700; 2018 260,600; 2019 263,800; 2020 215,100; 2021 236,700; 2022 257,200; 2023 271,100; 2024 272,900; 2025 269,900.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269,925 | $46,186 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 272,948 | $44,552 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 271,149 | $42,577 | 5.4% |
| 2022 | 257,232 | $40,577 | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 236,655 | $37,642 | 10.1% |
| 2020 | 215,053 | $34,453 | 18.5% |
| 2019 | 263,771 | $31,263 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 260,579 | $29,007 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 253,654 | $27,086 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 247,507 | $25,553 | 3.5% |
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 Colorado, quarterly, at full depth
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