Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other · SOC 35-9099
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other Salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $26,140 per year ($12.57 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $22,330 at the 10th percentile to $35,030 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earn more than $26,140 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $23,990 and $28,640.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $22,330 | $23,990 | $26,140 | $28,640 | $35,030 |
| Hourly | $10.73 | $11.54 | $12.57 | $13.77 | $16.84 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$26,140 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $23,990 to $28,640
- Ohiostate$27,540 median for Ohio; middle half earns $24,950 to $28,870
- United Statesnational$35,840 median for United States; middle half earns $31,200 to $39,880
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Ohio overall and −27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Ohio
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for food preparation and serving related workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan areathis page$26,140 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $23,990 to $28,640
- $28,290 median for Akron metro area; middle half earns $26,070 to $34,370
- $28,090 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $26,840 to $28,650
- $28,030 median for Dayton metro area; middle half earns $24,390 to $29,700
- $27,700 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $27,670 to $28,340
- $27,080 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $27,010 to $28,970
- $26,900 median for Toledo metro area; middle half earns $22,630 to $28,090
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for food preparation and serving related workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.