Employment and Incomes in Restaurants and Other Eating Places in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States

Posadas, B.C. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 23, December 5, 2017.

Employment and Wages, Salaries, and Earnings

Restaurants and other eating places (NAICS sector 7225) directly provided more than 8.98 million jobs per year in the United States since 2001 (Figure 1). The five Gulf of Mexico States (AL, FL, LA, MS, and TX) added 18.8 percent of all the jobs in restaurants and other eating places during the period. Restaurants and other eating places in Mississippi and Alabama hired  0.9 and 1.5 percent of the total number of jobs, respectively. 

The combined wages, salaries, and proprietor earnings (at constant 2016 prices) of all the QCEW employees, non-QCEW employees, self-employed, and extended proprietors in the United States averaged $16,795 per person during the past 16 years (Figure 1). The annual pay of workers and owners in the five Gulf of Mexico States averaged $16,906 per person or 100.7 percent of the national average. Mississippi and Alabama workers and owners received average annual pay equivalent to 78.5 and 85.1 percent of the national average, respectively.

Distribution of Workers by Gender

The 2016 industrial overview released by EMSI (2017) showed that among workers and owners in the United States, 47.4 percent were male (Figure 2). About 52.6 percent of the workers and owners were female. In the Gulf of Mexico States, similar distribution by gender groups was observed among workers and owners of restaurants and other eating places.   

Distribution of Workers by Age

The 2016 industrial overview circulated by EMSI (2017) show that restaurant workers and owners in the United States are relatively young (Figure 3). Approximately 11.4 percent of the workers and owners are 55 years old and above. The 45-55 years old workers and owners added 12.3 percent of the total. About 15.6 percent belonged to the 35-44 years old age group. Approximately 60.7 percent of the workers and owners are below 35 years old. The age grouping of workers and owners in the Gulf of Mexico States are similar to that of the national breakdown. 

Distribution of Workers by Race or Ethnicity

The newly released industrial overview (EMSI, 2017) also sorted workers and owners by race or ethnicity (Figure 4). Majority of the workers are Whites (61.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (16.8%), Black or African American (12.8%), and Asian (6.2%). The remaining workers and owners are Native American or Alaska Native (0.6%), with two or more races (1.6%), and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.2%). In the Gulf of Mexico States, relatively more Hispanic or Latino (22.9%), Black or African American (18.3%), and relatively fewer White (52.5%) workers and owners are engaged in restaurant businesses. 

Restaurant Businesses Registered in MarketMaker

If you need an online database of local restaurants and other eating places, you may use the search tool in Mississippi MarketMaker or other state MarketMaker programs:  

States: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, or WY » Type: Eating & Drinking Place » Profile: Eating & Drinking Place > Restaurant

More than 700,000 restaurant businesses in the United States registered their business profiles in MarketMaker. Click this LINK to view the search results online. You can sort the results alphabetically, by relevance, or by the distance to your current location. 

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What is MarketMaker?
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What are the benefits in registering your food business in Mississippi MarketMaker?
Producers register their businesses in MarketMaker because food buyers of all types access our database to find products and services to meet their specific needs. Through MarketMaker, producers can reach more buyers and more efficiently form profitable business alliances.

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What is the Market Research tool of MarketMaker?

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