Accommodation & Food Services

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce

14.1M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

Estimated Job Growth

6.23%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$24,462

Average Male Salary

$28,513

Average Female Salary

$27,667

About

The top three occupations in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Group are Waiters & waitresses, Cooks, Food service managers, Cashiers, and Food preparation workers. 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 $35,093. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,510.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector are Eagle, Summit, Grand & Jackson Counties PUMA, CO, Paradise (Northwest) & Winchester PUMA, NV, and Paradise (South) & Enterprise PUMA, NV. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Accommodation & Food Services.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector. Waiters & waitresses are the most common position, but the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Waiters & waitresses, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Accommodation & Food Services goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

35.6%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 11.8M people employed in the Accommodation and Food Services industry. This represents a 35.6% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

14.1M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 11.1M

−2.37%

1 Year Growth

± 1.02%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 14.1M people employed in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector has been declining at a rate of −2.37%, , from 11.4M people in 2019 to 11.1M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Accommodation & Food Services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Waiters & waitresses represent the largest share of positions held in Accommodation & Food Services at 18.1%, followed by Cooks with 15.4% and Food service managers with 7.92%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector, by number of employees, are Waiters & waitresses, Cooks, Food service managers, Cashiers, and Food preparation workers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Sub-Sectors, Accommodation & Food Services employs an unusually high number of Waiters & waitresses, Food service managers, and Hotel, motel, & resort desk clerks.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Accommodation & Food Services, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other Physical Scientists, and Chief executives & legislators.

Average Salary

$24,462

AVERAGE WAGE

± $241

On average, employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector make $24,462 per year. This number makes Accommodation & Food Services the 19 highest paying Industry Sub-Sector in the United States out of a total of 21 Industry Sub-Sectors.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Wage Distribution

0.486

WAGE GINI

Accommodation & Food Services has a wage GINI of 0.486, 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).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

These are locations that employ more people in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $28,513 and $27,667. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

5.91M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±58.5k

5.23M

MALE WORKFORCE

±55.1k

53.1% of workers in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$28,513

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$414

$27,667

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$398

On average, Male workers in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector make 1.03 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.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
White

On average, Asian employees in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector earn 1.24 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Accommodation & Food Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Input/Output

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. 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.

Industrial Flow

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

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.

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 comparible 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.