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Industries with Fastest Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Salary Growth

These industries raised Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations salaries the most from 2019 to 2024. Useful for deciding which industry to work in or switch to for better pay growth.

144
Industries with Growth
+117.1%
Highest Growth
+38.2%
Average Growth
4
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 144 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing $18,680 $40,550 +$21,870 +117.1%
2 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) $19,910 $38,760 +$18,850 +94.7%
3 Support Activities for Mining $26,870 $51,310 +$24,440 +91.0%
4 Land Subdivision $22,740 $42,150 +$19,410 +85.4%
5 Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) $22,490 $41,200 +$18,710 +83.2%
6 Other Personal Services $23,960 $41,690 +$17,730 +74.0%
7 Legal Services $35,920 $60,280 +$24,360 +67.8%
8 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $23,120 $37,740 +$14,620 +63.2%
9 Support Activities for Air Transportation $23,520 $38,310 +$14,790 +62.9%
10 Repair and Maintenance $22,120 $35,780 +$13,660 +61.8%
11 Office Administrative Services $37,020 $59,710 +$22,690 +61.3%
12 Services to Buildings and Dwellings $22,170 $35,570 +$13,400 +60.4%
13 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging $23,820 $38,190 +$14,370 +60.3%
14 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $30,290 $47,990 +$17,700 +58.4%
15 Drycleaning and Laundry Services $18,430 $29,120 +$10,690 +58.0%
16 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing $26,960 $42,340 +$15,380 +57.0%
17 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only) $26,960 $42,340 +$15,380 +57.0%
18 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) $32,760 $50,730 +$17,970 +54.9%
19 Educational Services $26,060 $39,800 +$13,740 +52.7%
20 Automotive Repair and Maintenance $22,120 $33,680 +$11,560 +52.3%
21 Support Activities for Transportation $25,500 $38,430 +$12,930 +50.7%
22 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $24,870 $37,330 +$12,460 +50.1%
23 Performing Arts Companies $23,510 $35,130 +$11,620 +49.4%
24 Amusement Parks and Arcades $23,560 $35,050 +$11,490 +48.8%
25 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists $24,160 $35,720 +$11,560 +47.8%
26 Offices of Other Health Practitioners $25,100 $37,010 +$11,910 +47.5%
27 Personal and Laundry Services $24,020 $35,370 +$11,350 +47.3%
28 Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $23,730 $34,940 +$11,210 +47.2%
29 Home Health Care Services $25,150 $36,960 +$11,810 +47.0%
30 Death Care Services $21,950 $32,160 +$10,210 +46.5%
31 Gambling Industries $24,950 $36,220 +$11,270 +45.2%
32 Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers $25,210 $36,350 +$11,140 +44.2%
33 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries $24,540 $35,380 +$10,840 +44.2%
34 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing $32,830 $47,290 +$14,460 +44.0%
35 Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $25,370 $36,300 +$10,930 +43.1%
36 Other Amusement and Recreation Industries $24,750 $35,300 +$10,550 +42.6%
37 Hospitals $29,700 $42,340 +$12,640 +42.6%
38 Beverage Manufacturing $25,390 $36,180 +$10,790 +42.5%
39 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing $25,400 $36,180 +$10,780 +42.4%
40 Temporary Help Services $25,050 $35,560 +$10,510 +42.0%
41 Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers $21,830 $30,960 +$9,130 +41.8%
42 Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) $23,470 $33,280 +$9,810 +41.8%
43 Automobile Dealers $25,670 $36,320 +$10,650 +41.5%
44 Ambulatory Health Care Services $26,970 $38,140 +$11,170 +41.4%
45 Facilities Support Services $25,010 $35,360 +$10,350 +41.4%
46 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries $24,560 $34,680 +$10,120 +41.2%
47 Food Services and Drinking Places $23,880 $33,700 +$9,820 +41.1%
48 Restaurants and Other Eating Places $23,790 $33,450 +$9,660 +40.6%
49 Administrative and Support Services $25,200 $35,310 +$10,110 +40.1%
50 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing $33,430 $46,820 +$13,390 +40.1%
51 Special Food Services $25,870 $36,180 +$10,310 +39.9%
52 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) $29,750 $41,600 +$11,850 +39.8%
53 Offices of Physicians $27,770 $38,800 +$11,030 +39.7%
54 Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly $25,140 $35,080 +$9,940 +39.5%
55 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods $25,130 $35,010 +$9,880 +39.3%
56 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events $25,390 $35,360 +$9,970 +39.3%
57 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $25,170 $35,000 +$9,830 +39.1%
58 Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $20,950 $29,120 +$8,170 +39.0%
59 Employment Services $25,120 $34,870 +$9,750 +38.8%
60 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $25,060 $34,770 +$9,710 +38.7%
61 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing $25,050 $34,740 +$9,690 +38.7%
62 Other Residential Care Facilities $25,900 $35,870 +$9,970 +38.5%
63 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $27,710 $38,360 +$10,650 +38.4%
64 Accommodation $26,510 $36,650 +$10,140 +38.2%
65 Traveler Accommodation $26,560 $36,690 +$10,130 +38.1%
66 Other Schools and Instruction $25,480 $35,190 +$9,710 +38.1%
67 Food Manufacturing $25,240 $34,840 +$9,600 +38.0%
68 Gasoline Stations $22,540 $31,070 +$8,530 +37.8%
69 Junior Colleges $25,430 $35,050 +$9,620 +37.8%
70 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $24,270 $33,360 +$9,090 +37.5%
71 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $25,330 $34,610 +$9,280 +36.6%
72 Computer Systems Design and Related Services $28,750 $39,220 +$10,470 +36.4%
73 RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps $24,620 $33,580 +$8,960 +36.4%
74 Real Estate $25,150 $34,290 +$9,140 +36.3%
75 Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing $31,400 $42,790 +$11,390 +36.3%
76 Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services $26,400 $35,950 +$9,550 +36.2%
77 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing $25,620 $34,850 +$9,230 +36.0%
78 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $26,470 $35,950 +$9,480 +35.8%
79 Inland Water Transportation $36,200 $49,140 +$12,940 +35.7%
80 Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing $27,670 $37,540 +$9,870 +35.7%
81 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing $32,040 $43,320 +$11,280 +35.2%
82 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods $26,120 $35,200 +$9,080 +34.8%
83 Elementary and Secondary Schools $25,750 $34,700 +$8,950 +34.8%
84 Grantmaking and Giving Services $25,160 $33,850 +$8,690 +34.5%
85 Social Assistance $25,270 $33,920 +$8,650 +34.2%
86 Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) $26,200 $35,130 +$8,930 +34.1%
87 Individual and Family Services $25,340 $33,960 +$8,620 +34.0%
88 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $25,020 $33,520 +$8,500 +34.0%
89 Outpatient Care Centers $29,450 $39,360 +$9,910 +33.7%
90 Other Food Manufacturing $26,740 $35,660 +$8,920 +33.4%
91 Rental and Leasing Services $26,360 $35,130 +$8,770 +33.3%
92 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $26,020 $34,660 +$8,640 +33.2%
93 Other Support Services $23,940 $31,870 +$7,930 +33.1%
94 Florists $24,040 $31,950 +$7,910 +32.9%
95 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals $29,800 $39,560 +$9,760 +32.8%
96 Building Material and Supplies Dealers $18,980 $25,170 +$6,190 +32.6%
97 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) $26,790 $35,520 +$8,730 +32.6%
98 Dairy Product Manufacturing $22,890 $30,330 +$7,440 +32.5%
99 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations $23,550 $31,200 +$7,650 +32.5%
100 Warehousing and Storage $28,580 $37,810 +$9,230 +32.3%
101 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $29,660 $39,220 +$9,560 +32.2%
102 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $30,020 $39,650 +$9,630 +32.1%
103 Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers $27,640 $36,400 +$8,760 +31.7%
104 Offices of All Other Health Practitioners $28,010 $36,880 +$8,870 +31.7%
105 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $30,620 $40,070 +$9,450 +30.9%
106 Religious Organizations $27,730 $36,240 +$8,510 +30.7%
107 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4241, 4247, and 4249 only) $23,850 $31,130 +$7,280 +30.5%
108 Civic and Social Organizations $23,050 $29,990 +$6,940 +30.1%
109 Animal Slaughtering and Processing $28,530 $37,000 +$8,470 +29.7%
110 Water Transportation $35,300 $45,720 +$10,420 +29.5%
111 Miscellaneous Manufacturing $30,690 $39,730 +$9,040 +29.5%
112 Technical and Trade Schools $27,530 $35,620 +$8,090 +29.4%
113 Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries $23,770 $30,570 +$6,800 +28.6%
114 Motion Picture and Video Industries $23,770 $30,570 +$6,800 +28.6%
115 Scientific Research and Development Services $31,920 $40,640 +$8,720 +27.3%
116 Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation $24,410 $31,040 +$6,630 +27.2%
117 Social Advocacy Organizations $25,440 $32,310 +$6,870 +27.0%
118 Rail Transportation $32,550 $41,270 +$8,720 +26.8%
119 Motion Picture and Video Exhibition $23,680 $29,950 +$6,270 +26.5%
120 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $30,360 $38,350 +$7,990 +26.3%
121 Management of Companies and Enterprises $30,960 $38,890 +$7,930 +25.6%
122 Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) $26,480 $33,230 +$6,750 +25.5%
123 Machinery Manufacturing $27,070 $33,600 +$6,530 +24.1%
124 Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers $20,620 $25,480 +$4,860 +23.6%
125 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water $29,250 $36,060 +$6,810 +23.3%
126 Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation $35,020 $43,160 +$8,140 +23.2%
127 Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services $37,160 $45,760 +$8,600 +23.1%
128 Personal Care Services $25,970 $31,950 +$5,980 +23.0%
129 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities $33,810 $41,520 +$7,710 +22.8%
130 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation $29,060 $35,620 +$6,560 +22.6%
131 Business Schools and Computer and Management Training $29,610 $36,240 +$6,630 +22.4%
132 Spectator Sports $24,790 $30,120 +$5,330 +21.5%
133 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing $24,530 $29,610 +$5,080 +20.7%
134 Insurance Carriers $32,330 $38,650 +$6,320 +19.5%
135 Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers $32,150 $38,040 +$5,890 +18.3%
136 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land $27,220 $30,200 +$2,980 +10.9%
137 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry $26,030 $28,770 +$2,740 +10.5%
138 Educational Support Services $30,070 $32,800 +$2,730 +9.1%
139 Truck Transportation $28,790 $31,320 +$2,530 +8.8%
140 Specialty Trade Contractors $23,930 $25,760 +$1,830 +7.6%
141 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $32,640 $34,870 +$2,230 +6.8%
142 Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services $25,760 $27,390 +$1,630 +6.3%
143 Chemical Manufacturing $38,830 $40,770 +$1,940 +5.0%
144 Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers $37,470 $38,380 +$910 +2.4%

4 Industries with Salary Decline

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Decrease % Decline
1 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities $30,920 $23,740 -$7,180 -23.2%
2 Nonresidential Building Construction $29,090 $24,750 -$4,340 -14.9%
3 Construction of Buildings $25,580 $24,750 -$830 -3.2%
4 Support Activities for Crop Production $25,390 $24,960 -$430 -1.7%

About This Data

Salary growth is calculated by comparing the median annual wage for Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations in each industry between 2019 and 2024, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Growth percentage = (2024 median - 2019 median) / 2019 median × 100.

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