New York · SOC 35-0000 · Annual, 2025
Food preparation and serving related occupations in New York
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 35-0000 in New York, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 734,100 people in New York worked in food preparation and serving related occupations (SOC 35-0000), with an average annual wage of $53,710.
Employment in food preparation and serving related occupations in New York grew 40.0% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 46.2% below the all-occupations average in New York. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for New York are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 734,100Employment, 2025
- $53,710Mean annual wage
- 7.5%Share of New York jobs
- 0.85Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 523,000; 2005 531,200; 2006 537,000; 2007 553,000; 2008 562,100; 2009 561,800; 2010 580,800; 2011 605,900; 2012 631,700; 2013 657,700; 2014 681,400; 2015 701,900; 2016 716,400; 2017 743,500; 2018 752,400; 2019 756,400; 2020 524,400; 2021 578,400; 2022 661,300; 2023 709,600; 2024 731,200; 2025 734,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 734,119 | $53,707 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 731,241 | $51,741 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 709,589 | $49,741 | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 661,332 | $47,949 | 14.3% |
| 2021 | 578,366 | $45,036 | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 524,376 | $41,773 | 30.7% |
| 2019 | 756,369 | $39,305 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 752,408 | $36,562 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 743,521 | $33,813 | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 716,361 | $31,769 | 2.1% |
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 New York, quarterly, at full depth
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