Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
SOC 35-9099 · 2024-2034
All food preparation and serving related workers not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $37,845per year
- Projected openings
- 51,550
- Projected change
- +10.1%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,223 | 3,350 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $40,973 | 310 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $40,654 | 4,050 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $39,581 | 2,940 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $39,581 | 400 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $38,864 | 530 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $38,751 | 620 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $37,534 | 19,510 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $37,451 | 7,410 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $37,373 | 310 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $37,157 | 180 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $36,808 | 250 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $36,787 | 660 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $36,293 | 420 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $36,262 | 120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $36,201 | 2,740 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $36,201 | 240 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $36,036 | 7,660 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $35,810 | 1,130 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $35,810 | 1,010 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $35,759 | 640 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $35,183 | 260 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $34,915 | 7,060 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $34,761 | 400 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $34,720 | 220 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $34,710 | 160 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $34,545 | 80 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $34,422 | 670 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $34,320 | 100 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $34,320 | 340 |
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $43,351 | 1,105,280 | +9.9% |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $36,994 | 469,390 | +2.8% |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $46,017 | 271,050 | +18.5% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $48,170 | 209,550 | +10.2% |
| Food Preparation Workers | $40,347 | 195,850 | +1% |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $43,115 | 159,630 | -10.3% |
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