According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2022, the median weekly earnings (without seasonal adjustment) of full-time working Blacks aged 16 years and over in the United States who work in food preparation and serving related occupations, was $581; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $628, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $667. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $616.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in food preparation and serving related occupations was 92.5% of that of their White colleagues, and 87.1% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in food preparation and serving related occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of White workers who work in food preparation and serving related occupations was 94.2% of that of their Asian colleagues in food preparation and serving related occupations.

A closer look at the median weekly earnings of full-time U.S. workers who work in food preparation and serving related occupations in 2022 by race, hispanic or latino ethnicity, and gender, also reveals the following rankings:

The charts and tables below shows the historical median weekly earnings by race and hispanic or latino ethnicity as well as by gender (without seasonal adjustment), for full-time U.S. workers who work in food preparation and serving related occupations from 2015 to 2022.

You may also be interested in similar data for several other occupation groups here.

Note: The data for Hispanics or Latinos refers to hispanics or latinos of all racial backgrounds.