Michigan · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in Michigan
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in Michigan, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 365,600 people in Michigan worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $39,290.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in Michigan grew 23.2% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 44.6% below the all-occupations average in Michigan. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Michigan are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 365,600Employment, 2025
- $39,290Mean annual wage
- 8.3%Share of Michigan jobs
- 0.95Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 359,000; 2005 361,500; 2006 362,700; 2007 362,100; 2008 355,500; 2009 341,500; 2010 339,500; 2011 343,400; 2012 352,500; 2013 360,000; 2014 366,500; 2015 372,800; 2016 382,400; 2017 388,200; 2018 391,500; 2019 386,900; 2020 296,700; 2021 311,800; 2022 343,400; 2023 362,500; 2024 364,000; 2025 365,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 365,635 | $39,292 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 363,967 | $37,963 | 0.4% |
| 2023 | 362,500 | $36,324 | 5.6% |
| 2022 | 343,403 | $34,809 | 10.1% |
| 2021 | 311,799 | $32,807 | 5.1% |
| 2020 | 296,714 | $30,660 | 23.3% |
| 2019 | 386,866 | $27,684 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 391,480 | $26,950 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 388,213 | $25,556 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 382,439 | $24,446 | 2.6% |
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 Michigan, quarterly, at full depth
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