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Average Food Preparation And Serving Related Workers, All Other Salary in Indiana

Food Preparation And Serving Related Workers, All Other in Indiana earn a median annual salary of $38,160, which is +6.5% compared to the national median. There are N/A workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Indiana (state).

$38,160
Indiana median annual wage
$18/hour median
+6.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $35,840
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$19,390
25th
$25,880
Median
$38,160
75th
$38,400
90th
$40,040

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Indiana, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
93.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$40,888
Goods: 95.5%
Services: 85.5%
Rents: 73.9%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Nebraska $46,170 Compare N/A
Hawaii $43,540 Compare 410
Oregon $39,080 Compare 600
Illinois $38,880 Compare 2,720
District of Columbia $38,580 Compare 40
New Hampshire $38,210 Compare 370

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Indiana

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Cardiologists $588,890 0.39
Surgeons, All Other $459,300 0.82
Radiologists $430,640 1.24
Anesthesiologists $394,060 1.83
Physicians, All Other $366,190 0.96
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $351,990 0.99
Emergency Medicine Physicians $347,060 1.73
Physicians, Pathologists $340,300 1.67

Indiana has salary data for 761 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Food Preparation And Serving Related Workers, All Other in Indiana

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Food Preparation And Serving Related Workers, All Other are projected to change by +6.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.