Louisiana · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Louisiana
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Louisiana, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 185,100 people in Louisiana worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $30,320.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Louisiana grew 22.5% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 52.1% below the all-occupations average in Louisiana. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 185,100. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Louisiana are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 185,100Employment, 2025
- $30,320Mean annual wage
- 9.6%Share of Louisiana jobs
- 1.10Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 158,100; 2005 153,800; 2006 147,000; 2007 153,000; 2008 154,800; 2009 154,900; 2010 154,800; 2011 160,400; 2012 164,700; 2013 169,300; 2014 174,600; 2015 179,500; 2016 182,500; 2017 182,200; 2018 183,900; 2019 183,600; 2020 151,100; 2021 160,200; 2022 171,000; 2023 179,400; 2024 184,400; 2025 185,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 185,092 | $30,317 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 184,413 | $29,760 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 179,389 | $29,187 | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 170,953 | $28,094 | 6.8% |
| 2021 | 160,151 | $25,828 | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 151,125 | $24,333 | 17.7% |
| 2019 | 183,640 | $23,766 | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 183,943 | $23,417 | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 182,156 | $22,822 | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 182,544 | $22,402 | 1.7% |
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 Louisiana, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in Louisiana. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.