Baristas & Specialty Coffee vs Cooks, Fast Food
Compare Baristas & Specialty Coffee and Cooks, Fast Food side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Baristas & Specialty Coffee pays about $3k more.
Median pay$34k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureLow 11%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive Learning
Median pay$31k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureSome 30%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
Active ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoring
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.