Food Service Worker salary
What a food service worker actually earns, from 218 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see food service worker pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A food service worker earns a blended US median near 39,707 dollars, with the typical middle running from 37,918 dollars to 44,211 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 34 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is cook, at 87 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open food service worker roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
- Plongeur (H/F) - CDD at AccorhotelQuiberon, FRTodayUnlock
- Food Service Worker- Durham NC at Veterans Health AdministrationDurham, North Carolina$38k1d agoApply
Catering Assistant at AramarkPerth, GB1d agoUnlock- Kitchen Porter at AramarkNorthwood, GB1d agoUnlock
- Food Service Associate at DexterraVictoria, CA1d agoUnlock
- Cuisinier / Commis de Cuisine (h/f/d) at JobupSuisse, Switzerland3d agoApply
By country
- United Kingdom$35,371$36,178$38,134
- United States$37,918$39,707$44,211
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a food service worker profile already covers.
- 175 open electronics technician roles$85,883 median · +$46,176 · 19% readiness
- 902 open automotive technician roles$72,842 median · +$33,135 · 32% readiness
- 485 open hvac technician roles$69,311 median · +$29,604 · 22% readiness
- 1029 open maintenance technician roles$66,733 median · +$27,026 · 24% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a food service worker.
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Related salaries
- Cook salary$41,070 median
- Chef salary$64,610 median
- Automotive Technician salary$72,842 median
Quick answers
How much does a food service worker make?
The blended US median is about 39,707 dollars, with a typical range from 37,918 dollars to 44,211 dollars.
Is food service worker a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a food service worker move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is cook, at 87 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 35-3023. Live corpus 218 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.