Accommodation & Food Services

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population

10.8M

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Estimated Job Growth

6.23%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$25,569

2021

Average Male Salary

$29,852

2021

Average Female Salary

$21,805

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector are waiters & waitresses, cooks, and food service managers. On average, full-time employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector work 42.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $37,079. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,924.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector are Paradise (Northwest) & Winchester PUMA, NV, Maui, Kalawao & Kauai Counties PUMA, HI, and Las Vegas City (Southeast) PUMA, NV.

The workforce of Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector in 2021 was 10,846,836 people, with 53.2% woman, and 46.8% men.

In 2021, 62.3% of the workforce in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector was White (6,758,168 people), of which 54.4% were women and 45.6% men.

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector was 10,846,836 people and is concentrated in California (1,319,612 workers). The average annual salary was $25,569, being $34,027 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

5.87%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.5M people employed in the Accommodation and Food Services industry. This represents a 5.87% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Accommodation and Food Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (1.32M), Texas (977k), and Florida (833k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $25,569, $34,027 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.493

WAGE GINI

Accommodation & Food Services has a wage GINI of 0.493, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Accommodation & Food Services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Waiters & waitresses are the most common position with 1,916,176 workers, but the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Cooks and Food service managers.

The highest average salary in Accommodation & Food Services goes to Other Physical Scientists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were waiters & waitresses (1,916,176 people), cooks (1,665,918 people), and food service managers (871,854 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$29,852

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$442

$21,805

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$284

On average, Male workers in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector make 1.37 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

The Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Accommodation & Food Services is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Accommodation & Food Services is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Accommodation & Food Services is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
190,424
Texas
123,872
New York
118,156

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Accommodation & Food Services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 53.2% corresponds to women and 46.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $29,852 and $21,805.

76.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

5,773,969

Women

53.2%

5,072,867

Men

46.8%

The workforce of Accommodation & Food Services industry in 2021 was 10,846,836 people, with 53.2% woman, and 46.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Accommodation & Food Services industry.

Races

In 2021, 62.3% of the workforce in the Accommodation & Food Services industry was White (6,758,168 people), of which 54.4% were women and 45.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Accommodation & Food Services workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (3,460,036 people), some college (2,922,934 people), and secondary education (1,936,660 people).

The chart shows the Accommodation & Food Services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Accommodation and Food Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Accommodation and Food Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 6.23%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23.1%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Accommodation and Food Services.

6.23%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Accommodation and Food Services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.