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Food service
Cook
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Key facts
+12.1%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +12.1% (BLS).
The job
Prepares dishes in a restaurant or canteen, from raw ingredients to the plate.
65 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- apprentice
- barbecue chef
- barbecue cook
- catering cook
- catering worker
- chief of the group
- chief of the kitchen
- communard
- cook
- culinary operative
- deputy kitchen chef
- diet chef
- diet cook
- dietary aide
- dietary cook
- entrée preparer
- fish chef
- fish cook
- fish frier
- fish fryer
- fish restaurant chef
- fish restaurant cook
- fish section chef
- fish section cook
- fish station chef
- fish station cook
- food cook
- food keeper
- fry cook
- grill chef
- grill cook
- grill section chef
- grill section cook
- grill station chef
- grill station cook
- health care cook
- industrial cook
- institutional cook
- institutional food preparation worker
- junior cook
- kitchen chef
- line chef
- line cook
- nursery cook
- nursing home cook
- pantry supervisor
- poissonnier
- roast cook
- rotisserie chef
- rotisserie cook
- saucemaker
- saucier
- sauté cook
- sea food cook
- sea food restaurant cook
- seafood cook
- seafood restaurant cook
- second kitchen chef
- senior chef
- soup cook
- special diet cook
- steakhouse chef
- steakhouse cook
- under chief of the kitchen
- vegetable cook
Training
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Gauges
Risk 2/5 · Low
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Cooks, restaurant)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $37,390
EntryVery quickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.