Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Food Services and Drinking Places (CES7072200001) from Jan 1990 to Aug 2025 about leisure, hospitality, establishment survey, food, services, employment, and USA.

The number of people employed in the restaurant industry in the United States fluctuated throughout the past decade. As of May 2024, this figure reached **** million, representing an increase from the previous year's total of **** million. The number of employees in the restaurant industry in the U.S. peaked in 2016 at **** million. What are the hourly wages of fast-food employees in the U.S.? The hourly wages of U.S. fast food and counter workers varied throughout 2023. As of May of that year, fast food employees in the United States had a median hourly wage of **** U.S. dollars. In total, approximately ** percent of fast-food employees earned less than ***** U.S. dollars per hour, and ** percent of those same workers earned less than ***** U.S. dollars per hour. Leading U.S. restaurant chain The leading restaurant chain in the U.S., by a measure of sales, was McDonald’s in 2022. During that year, the quick service chain experienced sales amounting to ***** billion U.S. dollars. McDonald’s was also the most valuable quick service restaurant brand in the world in 2023, with an estimated brand value of over *** billion U.S. dollars. Starbucks, who came second in the ranking, had an estimated brand value of approximately **** billion U.S. dollars.

Employment figures in the food services industry in India amounted to over ************* in 2021. Despite over *********** jobs lost during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry is expected to make a full recovery, back to its growth trajectory in the coming years, an estimated *********** by 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Labor Compensation for Accommodation and Food Services: Restaurants and Other Eating Places (NAICS 72251) in the United States (IPUTN72251L020000000) from 1987 to 2024 about restaurant, accommodation, compensation, NAICS, IP, food, labor, services, and USA.

Employment statistics on the Fast Food Restaurants industry in the US

This statistic shows the annual change in restaurant industry employment versus total employment in the United States from 2010 to 2016. Eating and drinking place employment was forecasted to increase by ***** percent in 2016.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Food Manufacturing (CES3231100001) from Jan 1990 to Sep 2025 about nondurable goods, establishment survey, food, goods, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Employment for Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511) in the United States (IPUTN722511W200000000) from 1987 to 2024 about restaurant, accommodation, NAICS, IP, food, services, employment, and USA.

Employment statistics on the Global Fast Food Restaurants industry in Global

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In 2024, over *** million employees were estimated to have worked in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) franchise industry in the United States. This shows an increase when compared to the previous year's total of **** million. The number of employees in the U.S. QSR franchise industry is forecast to peak in 2025 at around **** million. Restaurant franchising in the United States There are two types of QSR: company-owned stores and franchised. Company-owned stores are managed by a qualified and experienced employee of the company, whereas the franchise model sees an entrepreneur invest their own money into the project. The franchisee becomes the owner of the restaurant once they pay the initial start-up fees, and it is their responsibility to ensure the success of the store. In the United States, the number of franchised stores in the QSR industry was estimated to be nearly ******* in 2024. How do companies make money from franchised stores? Burger chain McDonald’s has grown from humble beginnings to become the leading QSR worldwide. In 2023, McDonald's restaurant sales from the company’s franchised stores located around the world increased to more than *** billion U.S. dollars. The company's franchised restaurants generated a worldwide revenue of around ** billion U.S. dollars in 2023 – over half of which was made through rent payments. It is worth noting that franchised sales are not recorded as revenues of McDonald’s.

In 2023, the number of full-time employees in restaurants reached over ****** in Denmark. Pubs, bars, cafés, and coffee shops had a number of ***** full-time employees.

Employment statistics on the Single Location Full-Service Restaurants industry in the US

Australia Employment: Accommodation & Food Services: Food & Beverage Services data was reported at 847.382 Person th in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 862.775 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Accommodation & Food Services: Food & Beverage Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 549.152 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 862.775 Person th in Nov 2024 and a record low of 263.751 Person th in Aug 1985. Australia Employment: Accommodation & Food Services: Food & Beverage Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G023: Employment: by Sex and by Industry.

Employment statistics on the Chain Restaurants industry in the US

This statistic shows the states with the highest summer employment in the United States restaurant industry in 2014. California was forecasted to have the highest level of summer employment in the restaurant industry with an increase of 47,600 jobs in the summer months.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Leisure and Hospitality: Food Services and Drinking Places in New York City, NY (SMU36935617072200001SA) from Jan 1990 to Aug 2025 about beverages, New York, NY, food, services, employment, and USA.

Italy Employment: Centre: Services: TR:Accommodation & Food Service data was reported at 0.322 Person mn in Jan 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.339 Person mn for Oct 2017. Italy Employment: Centre: Services: TR:Accommodation & Food Service data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.291 Person mn from Jan 2008 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.366 Person mn in Jul 2017 and a record low of 0.216 Person mn in Jan 2011. Italy Employment: Centre: Services: TR:Accommodation & Food Service data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Italy – Table IT.G035: Labour Force Survey: Employment by Region and Industry: NACE Rev. 2.

This statistic shows the number of food-preparation workers employed in the restaurant industry in the United States from 2010 to 2026. The number of food-preparation workers in the U.S. was forecasted to reach 1.02 million by 2026.

In 2023, the number of food and drink services employees in Italy reached **** million. That year, restaurants accounted for the highest employment, with over ******* employees. Bars reported the second-highest figure, with roughly ******* employees.