Georgia · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Georgia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Georgia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 434,200 people in Georgia worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $34,250.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Georgia grew 23.0% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 53.1% below the all-occupations average in Georgia. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 434,200. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Georgia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 434,200Employment, 2025
- $34,250Mean annual wage
- 8.9%Share of Georgia jobs
- 1.01Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 313,300; 2005 323,000; 2006 333,200; 2007 343,400; 2008 342,300; 2009 329,500; 2010 325,700; 2011 332,100; 2012 343,000; 2013 357,300; 2014 371,900; 2015 386,300; 2016 401,800; 2017 413,100; 2018 417,600; 2019 418,900; 2020 353,100; 2021 375,000; 2022 400,700; 2023 422,800; 2024 431,700; 2025 434,200.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 434,227 | $34,249 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 431,685 | $33,302 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 422,763 | $32,519 | 5.5% |
| 2022 | 400,727 | $31,511 | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 375,045 | $29,322 | 6.2% |
| 2020 | 353,121 | $26,698 | 15.7% |
| 2019 | 418,883 | $25,256 | 0.3% |
| 2018 | 417,641 | $24,391 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 413,073 | $23,364 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 401,820 | $22,656 | 4.0% |
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 Georgia, quarterly, at full depth
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