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| Occupation | Occ. code | Estabs. reporting occupation | Est. empl. | Mean wage | Entry wage | Exp. wage | 25th pct | Median wage | 75th pct |  
| FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING-RELATED OCCUPATIONS | 35-0000 | 17 | 410 | 17,776 | 12,431 | 20,448 | 13,461 | 16,552 | 21,078 |  
|   |   |   | 8.55 | 5.98 | 9.83 | 6.47 | 7.96 | 10.13 |  
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 35-1012 | 7 | 30 | 29,539 | 23,079 | 32,769 | 24,920 | 30,022 | 34,159 |  
|   |   |   | 14.20 | 11.10 | 15.75 | 11.98 | 14.43 | 16.42 |  
| Cooks, Restaurant | 35-2014 | 6 |  | 18,463 | 15,155 | 20,116 | 16,097 | 18,552 | 21,070 |  
|   |   |   | 8.88 | 7.29 | 9.67 | 7.74 | 8.92 | 10.13 |  
| Cooks, Short Order | 35-2015 | 4 |  | 15,938 | 15,035 | 16,390 | 15,140 | 16,231 | 17,323 |  
|   |   |   | 7.66 | 7.23 | 7.88 | 7.28 | 7.80 | 8.33 |  
| Food Preparation Workers | 35-2021 | 5 |  | 19,726 | 13,894 | 22,642 | 14,988 | 17,816 | 24,486 |  
|   |   |   | 9.48 | 6.68 | 10.89 | 7.21 | 8.57 | 11.77 |  
| Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 35-3021 | 7 | 110 | 19,303 | 13,793 | 22,058 | 15,163 | 18,536 | 22,997 |  
|   |   |   | 9.28 | 6.63 | 10.60 | 7.29 | 8.91 | 11.06 |  
| Waiters and Waitresses | 35-3031 | 5 |  | 12,551 | 12,462 | 12,596 | 11,956 | 12,829 | 13,701 |  
|   |   |   | 6.03 | 5.99 | 6.06 | 5.75 | 6.17 | 6.59 |  |