New Mexico · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in New Mexico
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in New Mexico, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 82,600 people in New Mexico worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $34,930.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in New Mexico grew 21.7% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 44.4% below the all-occupations average in New Mexico. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for New Mexico are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 82,600Employment, 2025
- $34,930Mean annual wage
- 9.4%Share of New Mexico jobs
- 1.08Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 68,300; 2005 69,100; 2006 71,700; 2007 72,700; 2008 71,700; 2009 70,000; 2010 69,600; 2011 70,400; 2012 71,400; 2013 73,300; 2014 75,400; 2015 77,200; 2016 79,000; 2017 79,500; 2018 81,400; 2019 83,000; 2020 67,900; 2021 71,900; 2022 78,000; 2023 82,200; 2024 83,000; 2025 82,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82,614 | $34,931 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 82,953 | $33,888 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 82,211 | $32,017 | 5.5% |
| 2022 | 77,952 | $29,916 | 8.4% |
| 2021 | 71,894 | $27,501 | 5.9% |
| 2020 | 67,891 | $24,302 | 18.2% |
| 2019 | 82,974 | $23,031 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 81,428 | $22,081 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 79,498 | $21,461 | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 78,957 | $21,173 | 2.2% |
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 New Mexico, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for food preparation and serving related occupations in New Mexico. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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