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Food service
Waiter
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Key facts
+2%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +2% (BLS).
The job
Welcomes guests, takes orders and serves at tables.
39 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- beer advisor
- beer selection advisor
- beer sommelier
- chef de rang
- chief waiter
- chief waitress
- event server
- front of house host
- front of house hostess
- front of house manager
- head of wines
- head sommelier
- head waiter
- head waiter/head waitress
- head waitress
- head wine waiter
- master sommelier
- maître d'hôtel
- meeter and greeter
- restaurant host
- restaurant host/restaurant hostess
- restaurant hostess
- restaurant sommelier
- sommelier
- table service manager
- table waiter
- wait staff
- waiter
- waiter service manager
- waiter/waitress
- waiting staff
- waitress
- wine advisor
- wine choice consultant
- wine manager
- wine selection advisor
- wine sommelier
- wine steward
- wine waiter
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Waiters and waitresses)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $35,230
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.